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From: XBR2D78V%DDATHD21.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (MATHIAS GAERTNER)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Problems with TOS-command
Message-ID: <12214@louie.udel.EDU>
Date: 3 Apr 89 22:50:27 GMT
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Hi there,
I just discovered a serious problem with the tos-command (ATARI-ST only).
The command works fine on single- and double-sided floppy's but it refuses
any work on my hard-disk. Therefore I need to tell that I rewrote the
stwini.c-file, because I have a very different controller and interface.
Ok, but this is only affecting the hardware-components and the way of
accessing the drive.
The boot-sector and every partitionsector of the HD-Drive is really the
same as on a SH205-drive!!!
But starting the tos-command on /dev/hd2 (my tos-partition on this drive),
I receive the following:

0 sectors in 0 tracks
Is this really a tos-filesystem?

Ok, I tried the same on an SH204-based system and I did'nt get this error,
but neither writing nor reading from HD worked.
Perhaps the tos-program is unable to handle the 16-bit FAT instead of the
12-bit on a floppy?

Is there any patch or any help around?


                      M. Gaertner
                TH Darmstadt, W. Germany
                XBR2D78V@DDATHD21.BITNET