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From: ge@phoibos.cs.kun.nl (Ge Weijers)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Writing ST floppies on a SUN SparcStation (Need help).
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Date: 4 Jul 90 08:28:35 GMT
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bill@mwca.UUCP (Bill Sheppard) writes:

>I've seen the same thing when using OS-9's PC File Manager to write PC-
>compatible disks - when looked at on the ST the directory looks fine, but
>the same sector or few sectors are repeated throughout the file. I can copy
>the file to a real PC, delete the file, and re-copy back to the disk and then
>my ST can read it. Any ideas what might produce this behavior?

What did you use to format those disks. If you use TOS all bets are off.
Better use a PC.
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