| The problem is that I have a hard time proving that the hardware is defective.
The "Make application diskettes" application doesn't work, but running
DISKIMAG from a command prompt does (mostly). I copied all the files to
a different system - I couldn't get the "Make application diskettes" app to
run (it kept telling me it couldn't find a file, but I don't know what it was
looking for - I had copied the entire Digital directory), and DISKIMAG failed
on the same .IMG files there as it did on the HiNote.
Steve
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| A customer who also has a VP experiences the same problem.
I have been trying to replicate the problem myself in a VP that I have here.
The first time I tried it, I got the same error messages as 2262.0, I kept
trying it and trying it but couldn't see what the problem was. The odd
thing is that it would only happen with certain applications. When
I tried to make the system diskettes of Laplink I would bet an error. When
I tried the ESS drivers, it had no problems. Then after
some time I began testing again, only this time I didn't get the problem at
all.
I could make any system diskettes without getting the errror. THe only thing
I recall was different was that I was using teh AC adaptor instead of the
battery.
I asked the customer to remove the battery and try it using his AC adaptor.
He still has the problem, so it wasn't that. When I was testing and got the
errors
I looked in Windows Explorer to see how teh files in the diskettes looked
like.
They looked completely corrupted, the file names were not proper. When I
tried to
format the disk, it would not let me doa quick format, after a full format, I
tried
again and after the problem I checked the files, corrupt again. It seems to
me that
when the system diskettes are made, it formats the diskettes, and somehow it
does it
wrong, hence the disk error. I have recently tried using a MAC formatted
diskette
to see if an unknown disk format would replicate the problem, it doesn't. The
utility
formats the disk and copies the files. I have asked the customer to attempt
it
after loading Win95 in Safe Mode, no reply yet. HAs anybody got more
information on this?
Petri
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| re: .8 by NETRIX::"[email protected]"
Hi Petri,
The results from your Mac formatted experiment are interesting.
Perhaps the problem here is floppy drive head alignment differences.
Try forcing a reformat of problem diskettes, either by prior
reformatting on the portable in question, or by erasing the diskettes
with a bulk eraser if available.
Cheers,
/Bill
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