Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!apple!amdahl!drivax!liberato From: liberato@drivax.UUCP (Jimmy Liberato) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: MSH Message-ID: Date: 25 Feb 90 06:37:38 GMT References: <23012@usc.edu> Reply-To: liberato@drivax.UUCP (Jimmy Liberato) Organization: Digital Research, Inc., Monterey, California Lines: 26 papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) writes: >Has anybody been able to format a MessyDOS disk with the format utility >provided? ... The light stays on, but the cyl and side no. won't advance >and nothing gets formatted. Well, mounting was successful but the above mentioned symptoms still remain for me. What is troubling about this is that the very same thing occurs when attempting to use Werner Gunthers 3.5" patch to PCformat/PCcopy and the Omni Tool from Project D (allows copying of PC format disks). It also happens with games like Shadow of the Beast. The drive light goes on, stays on, and can't be accessed short of rebooting. Nor can the process be Nuked (GOMF) or killed in any way. I am curious what might be the common thread here. This is happening on a completely stock B2000 Rev 4.2 . If anyone is having similar problems please contact me. I would like to narrow down the possible causes. At this point, I'm thinking it must be hardware related. Thanks! -- Jimmy Liberato ...!amdahl!drivax!liberato