Xref: utzoo comp.sys.amiga.hardware:569 comp.sys.amiga.tech:10481 comp.sys.amiga:51560 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!mcsun!ukc!edcastle!aijpo From: aijpo@castle.ed.ac.uk (Joel Potter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.tech,comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: CA-880 external drive problems? Keywords: CA-880 external floppy problems, cabbages Message-ID: <2753@castle.ed.ac.uk> Date: 9 Mar 90 23:26:26 GMT References: <21565@netnews.upenn.edu> Reply-To: aijpo@castle.ed.ac.uk (Joel Potter) Organization: Edinburgh University Computing Service Lines: 12 This won't help, but the Amiga does have a buffer for disk IO, and I believe the default is ... 2K!!! A hardware fault that didn't reach the IO kernel would make the Amiga believe everything was succesful, and the lock on the directory is updated to show the new files. As to fixing it, I don't know. The problem does (I would guess) lie in the drive, though. -- DarkAngel! | "the rumours of my death are greatly AI/CS 1 | exaggerated" | - Mark Twain