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#CrossDos/WB2.1/Problem

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#112915From: John Toebes/SYSOPSep 5, 1993 1:55 PM

Have you checked to see if you can actually boot from floppy (to ensure that there is not a problem with the drive itself – I know it is far out, but stranger coincidences have happened). Assuming that this is not the problem, what is the content of the PC0: icon? Mine has the following lines at the start: FileSystem = L:CrossDOSFileSystem Device = mfm.device Unit = 0 Flags = 1 You should ensure that yours are similar and that you have the following files: L:CrossDOSFileSystem devs:mfm.device Without those I could see some problems. Check the versions on those files also.

#112950From: Daniel E. VisbalSep 5, 1993 10:12 PM

The floppy works OK without CrossDOS, so I'm sure there is not a floppy problem, even I'm able to read MS-DOS Diskettes with MSH without problems. The version of L:CrossDOSFileSystem and devs:mfm.device are the ones that came with the AmigaDOS Ver. 2.1 that I recently buy. I do not know how to check wich version they are, but are the originals that came with the system.

#112986From: John Toebes/SYSOPSep 6, 1993 10:04 AM

You can use the version command on the two files to see what it says. Mine are 38.7 (mfm.device) and 38.16 (l:crossdosfilesystem) with sizes of 6740 and 26420 respectively.

#113008From: Christopher TolmieSep 6, 1993 3:05 PM

3:24PM L:> version CrossDOSFileSystem CrossDOSFileSystem 38.9 3:24PM L:> version devs:mfm.device devs:mfm.device 38.5 Daniel, That's what I'm using with WB2.1 Christopher

#113086From: Brian BartlettSep 7, 1993 1:21 AM

Christopher, those check with my versions ala WB2.1. Have you checked to make sure your mountlist does not refer to the floppies using one of the public domain ibm handlers? Brian

#113114From: Christopher TolmieSep 7, 1993 7:28 AM

Brian, CrossDOS works fine for me. I posted my versions of the files for someone else to see. Never had any problem with CrossDOS with 2.1 or when I had it on WB 1.3. Chris

#113231From: Brian BartlettSep 8, 1993 3:37 AM

Chris, ah, misdirected post. <sigh> Brian

#113334From: Malcolm O'BrienSep 8, 1993 11:18 PM

Christopher, -> version devs:mfm.device That command never comes back on my system. In fact, version rarely does. I just wind up with a hung shell. Things that make you go, "Hmmmm….." Malcolm

#113364From: Brian BartlettSep 9, 1993 4:14 AM

Malcolm, I would seriously consider doing the upgrade to WB2.1 from scratch. This sounds like the situation I ran into once on another Amiga where a couple of DOS/WB versions were intermixed. Another possibility is that some older version of AmigaDOS is in your path, so check that as well. I did try to duplicate your problem by using older forms of version, but they worked fine here. Perhaps a bad library? Brian