From: jliddle@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu (Jean Liddle) Subject: mtools and 1.44 MB diskettes Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1992 04:55:16 GMT
Hi once again!
I am trying to get x up and running, and need to read a zipped file from
a 1.44 MB dos disk to get the sources on my linux partition. I installed
mtools per the included readme instructions and setup my /etc/mtools file
as follows
A /dev/ps0
B /dev/ps1
where
/dev/ps0 was created using "mknod /dev/ps0 b 2 28" and
/dev/ps1 using "mknod /dev/ps1 b 2 16"
mdir works perfectly with 720k diskettes via b:, however, whenever I try
to read a 1.44 MB diskette via a: I get the message
No support for 80 tracks, 2 heads, 18 sector diskettes
mdir: cannot initialize A
Anyone know what is going on, and how I would go about fixing this? I am
running 0.96a (no patches), using the mtools.n.tar.Z binary from tsx-11.
The diskette in a: was formatted 1.44 MB under DOS 5.0 using either the
builtin DOS format command or fdformat 1.8 (I don't recall which).
I'd be grateful for any helpful suggestions, as I have exauhsted both my
own knowledge and that I could glean from the various FAQs.
Jean.
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Jean Liddle
Computer Science, Illinois State University
e-mail: jliddle@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu
jliddle@katya.acs.ilstu.edu