Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!iuvax!mailrus!ncar!tank!stel
From: stel@tank.uchicago.edu (stelios  valavanis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Disk Problem
Summary: not with a mac
Message-ID: <4886@tank.uchicago.edu>
Date: 7 Aug 89 21:41:56 GMT
References: <16031@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> <1569@dsacg3.UUCP>
Reply-To: stel@tank.uchicago.edu (stelios  valavanis)
Organization: University of Chicago
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In article <1569@dsacg3.UUCP> nts0302@dsacg3.UUCP (Bob Fisher) writes:
>From article <16031@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU>, by chao@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Chia-Chi Chao):
>> I have damaged two floppies when writing/copying files.  Fortunately, I was
.....
>> 3. DOS reports write-protect error -- Abort, Retry, Fail?
>> 4. Swap Disk #1 with Disk #2 and use Retry.
>> 5. Disk #2 ends up with unuseable File1 and File2 headers and good File5.
>>    File3 and File4 are no longer recognized.
>> 
>> I understand that the problem is in writing the FAT of Disk #1 onto Disk #2
>
>The problem here is operator error, not program bug (no flame intended).

too apologetic

>you respond "retry", the system does not know that you changed disks and

on some (surprisingly popular) operating systems

>To avoid this, you need to tell the system to reread directory/allocation
>data.  There is no response for this.  The only way to do it is to abort,
>change disks and then re-execute the command/program.

sorry to be so negative about this but this is one area that the mac
pins down the PC no prob.  the mac always know what disk is in its
drive and even keeps track of disks you want active without being in
the drive.  you can throw in random disks all you want, it will keep
asking for the one it wants untill it gets it!

stel

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