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From: kaz@cadovax.UUCP (Kerry Zimmerman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: problems with AWRITE and virtural drives
Message-ID: <1840@cadovax.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 4-Nov-87 16:02:29 EST
Article-I.D.: cadovax.1840
Posted: Wed Nov  4 16:02:29 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 8-Nov-87 02:36:26 EST
Reply-To: kaz@cadovax.UUCP (Kerry Zimmerman)
Organization: Contel Business Systems, Torrance, CA
Lines: 33
Keywords: AWRITE A2000 virtual MS_DOS drive

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I have found another problem with my new A2000.  This time with the
'virtual drive' feature of the bridge card.  

I can create a virtual drive on an amiga device, and copy files into it
from the bridge side (using MS-DOS copy) or from the Amiga side, using
AREAD.  What I cannot do is use AWRITE to copy files from the virtual
drive over to an Amiga drive.   What I end up with is an entry for the
file in the amiga device's directory, but the file is empty and you get
"object not found" if you try to read the file.  Also, after the
AWRITE, attempting to get a directory of the virtual drive will result
in a "read fault error"  until you unlink and then relink it again.

Wasn't this software ever tried?  I must say I'm becoming pretty
disappointed with this machine!

Other questions about AWRITE:
  1.  The documentation doesn't describe the /B switch that is offered
      when AWRITE gives a USAGE prompt.  What is it for?

  2.  How can you make AWRITE pause to allow you to swap disks.  Do I
      have to have two drives to use it; one drive to hold AWRITE and
      another to hold the file I want to transfer to the Amiga side?
      I only have one drive.

Please Help.  Convince me I haven't purchased a fancy boat anchor!

Thanks,
Kerry Zimmerman
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