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From: kms@uncecs.edu (Ken Steele)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: MSH (more problems)
Keywords: dir, format
Message-ID: <1990Feb25.234036.19089@uncecs.edu>
Date: 25 Feb 90 23:40:36 GMT
Organization: UNC Educational Computing Service
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My experience with MSH is slightly different than has been
reported.  Here is what I have found on my stock 2000,
GVP Hardcard, 1 internal and 1 external floppy drive.

I mounted the filesystem on my external drive (as MS2:).

1)  MS2: will mount whether or not the "Reserved = 0" is
in the mountlist.  If "Reserved = 0" is not included then
'info' shows 721K on the drive, if the line is included then
'info' shows 720K.

2)  I also get the 'every file is a (DIR)' problem.  But
messydos can tell the difference between directories and
files.  I can 'type' a file but get an error message when
I try to type a dir.

3)  Messy format works for me (somewhat ;-)  I can format
a disk (whether it has been previously formatted or not);
copy to it or copy from it.  I accepted the default value
with the exception of the last two commands (where the
default is NOT to format the entire disk!).

4)  An old version (1.6) of Dos2Dos gives me "MS-DOS read
error" when I try to examine a disk formatted by messyfmt.
I don't get such an error when I use a disk formatted on
a PS/2 (720k format).

    I haven't tried reading the messyfmt-ed disk on a PS/2
or reading the messyfmt-ed disk with any other utility.

Ken
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Ken Steele   Dept. of Psychology    kms@ecsvax.bitnet
             Mars Hill College      kms@ecsvax.uncecs.edu
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