From: billp@jupiter.cse.utoledo.edu (Bill Parquet) Subject: Re: rawrite + 1.2Mb drive: problems Date: 20 Sep 1992 01:34:53 GMT
sharpe@adodem.enet.dec.com writes:
: I too have noticed these problems on some PCs, and it looks like possible BIOS
: problems with being able to read the first sector on the disk, as rawrite1.2
: tries to read the first sector three times to figure out the format.
:
: I have released a modification to rawrite, rawio1.3, which supports both
: reading and writing floppies, as well as passing in parameters on the command
: line, so you can handle 720K 3.5", etc, or only read or write a portion of
: the disk.
:
: Since there was one silly error (48 tracks for for a 1.2M 5.25"), I have made
: a new version, 1.4, which also fixes another silly error, and will post it in
: a couple of days when I have had a chance to test it more.
:
: Both source, and uuencode .exe!
Hmm... While you're at it, would it be possible to write the entire track
using one bios call.