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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:	AMIGA NOTES
Notice:	Join us in the NEW conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:	HYDRA::MOORE

Created:	Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:	Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5378
Total number of notes:	38326

5276.0. "format amiga = format dos ?" by LISVAX::FERNANDES (NUNO FERNANDES @XIP) Mon Dec 16 1991 14:04

    Hi, Can anyone tell me if the shell command format drive df0:........
    formats the disks in the same way that Format a: in msdos?
    
    Or in other words can we format a disk in msdos that can be used on a
    amiga?
    
    thanks,
    Nuno

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
5276.1	Different layouts expected	CLO::COBURN	Growing older, but not up...	`Mon Dec 16 1991 14:53`	8
	Not directly... Each system writes its own disk layout that it needs, although the media encoding is the same (MFM). With MSH or CrossDOS on the Amiga then the MSDOS FORMATted disk can be read or written to. I am unaware of any software that will let MSDOS read an AmigaDOS diskette. John
5276.2	My problem.....	LISVAX::FERNANDES	NUNO FERNANDES @XIP	`Tue Dec 17 1991 08:29`	10
	thanks, john My problem "i don't know if it's a problem" is that we can access to some free Amiga software, and the only way i can get'it is by copying through a PC,.....does it works? thanks again, Nuno
5276.3	Yes, it works...	CLO::COBURN	Growing older, but not up...	`Wed Dec 18 1991 12:55`	11
	Yes, If you have CrossDOS or MSH running on the Amiga. The 3.5" diskette must be formatted at 720K. There are also some patches for the software (PCcopy3.5) I beleive that allow the PCCopy software supplied with AmigaDOS to work with the 3.5" floppy. PCCopy was originally written to work with low density 5.25" floppies. I find CrossDOS very stable and works nearly transparently with the Amiga commands like COPY, DIR etc... It is also very cheap - $25 mailorder. John
5276.4	Looking for CrossDOS	LISVAX::FERNANDES	NUNO FERNANDES @XIP	`Thu Dec 19 1991 07:16`	5
	I'm going to see if here in Portugal we have CrossDOS avaiable If not .... well maybe in UK via mailorder. thanks Nuno
5276.5		LEECHS::hilton	How's it going royal ugly dudes?	`Thu Dec 19 1991 11:16`	7
	Nuno, Get messsydos of Fred Fish or other PD source, Greg
5276.6	OK	LISVAX::FERNANDES	NUNO FERNANDES @XIP	`Mon Dec 23 1991 08:21`	3
	Thanks Greg, Nuno
5276.7	PCPatch needed for PCUtil	SNOC01::KING	Randall King @SNO Sydney, Aussieland	`Thu Jan 02 1992 04:50`	15
	Re: .3 > > Yes, If you have CrossDOS or MSH running on the Amiga. The 3.5" > diskette must be formatted at 720K. There are also some patches for the > software (PCcopy3.5) I beleive that allow the PCCopy software supplied > with AmigaDOS to work with the 3.5" floppy. PCCopy was originally > written to work with low density 5.25" floppies. Are you talking about PCUtil from WB1.3? If so, refer Note 5057 - you need PCPatch off Fish 218 to use the A500 3.5". Regards.