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From: kms@uncecs.edu (Ken Steele)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: MSH disk errors & text conversion...
Keywords: MSH, MS-DOS, AmigaDOS, Disk Error, Pthththb!
Message-ID: <1990Mar7.035714.24032@uncecs.edu>
Date: 7 Mar 90 03:57:14 GMT
References: <3094@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu>
Organization: UNC Educational Computing Service
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In article <3094@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu>, consp11@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu (Brett L. Kessler) writes:
> 
> I formatted a brand new disk using MessyFmt accepting all the
> defaults, etc.  I copied files to and from it, and it was fine.  When
> I tried to use the files on a PS/2 Model 50, it worked fine... until I
> tried to delete some files.  Then MS-DOS gave me a "Bad FAT" error.
> 
> I formatted a different disk on a different Model 50, and it worked
> fine.  I put some files onto it, then went to my Amiga.  When I tried
> to read some files off of it, MessyDOS gave me a disk error.
> 
> I don't know if these problems are related or not, but has anybody
> else encountered something like this?  (I don't have DOS-2-DOS or
> CrossDOS to try with them.)
> 

I don't know if you can use Dos2Dos to decide who is at fault
here.  I used messyfmt to format a disk, and Dos2Dos gave me a
"read" error with the disk.  BUT I had no problem reading, writing,
or deleting files from that disk on an AT clone.  Nor did
MessyDos give me an error when I used the new files from the
clone.

> And a related problem deals with ASCII conversion.  An AmigaDOS ASCII
> file (each line ended by hitting RETURN) when sent to MS-DOS, the CR's
> have all changed to LF's.  Is there a quickie program to get around
> this?
> 

Ah, the infamous "what is the signal for end-of-line on _this_
machine?" problem.  Is it CR? LF? or both? It depends on which
machine and which software package you are using.  In general
(and I will probably get hit for this) end-of-line is LF
on the Amiga (even though you depress a key labeled RETURN) and
end-of-line is CR+LF with MS-DOS.

In any case, you need a couple of utilities to add and strip
CRs from files.  There are many.  I use Matt Dillon's 'addcr'
and 'remcr' which are available on Fish 168/169.  One disk
contains the executables, I can't remember which.

Ken
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