decle
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Hey all,
I wonder if you can help me please? Could someone test whether it's possible to copy a single file to a formatted 400K floppy in a 1.4MB drive using a 68K Mac running System 7.5.5?
I have an SE/30 with 16MB of RAM that runs System 7.5.5, and I'd like to use it to write 400K disks for a 128K Mac. I believe that this should work, and indeed I can successfully write disk images using DiskCopy 4.2. I can also read files from 400K disks without problem. However, trying to write individual files to a 400K disk fails with a -2 error (I believe this may be a vTypErr, caused by an invalid queue element?!?). It seems as though the copy might actually work, as the available space falls by the expected amount, but perhaps System 7.5.5 cannot update its view of the MFS contents as the number of items on the drive does not increase and no icons appear. Another clue that this is the problem might be that when I view a 400K floppy the icons are screwed up and all over the place (for example the floppy's System Folder is not present and it's contents are scattered in the root folder).
This is definitely a problem with the OS, as if I boot from a System 6.0.8 floppy everything works fine.
Thanks for any help or guidance.
I wonder if you can help me please? Could someone test whether it's possible to copy a single file to a formatted 400K floppy in a 1.4MB drive using a 68K Mac running System 7.5.5?
I have an SE/30 with 16MB of RAM that runs System 7.5.5, and I'd like to use it to write 400K disks for a 128K Mac. I believe that this should work, and indeed I can successfully write disk images using DiskCopy 4.2. I can also read files from 400K disks without problem. However, trying to write individual files to a 400K disk fails with a -2 error (I believe this may be a vTypErr, caused by an invalid queue element?!?). It seems as though the copy might actually work, as the available space falls by the expected amount, but perhaps System 7.5.5 cannot update its view of the MFS contents as the number of items on the drive does not increase and no icons appear. Another clue that this is the problem might be that when I view a 400K floppy the icons are screwed up and all over the place (for example the floppy's System Folder is not present and it's contents are scattered in the root folder).
This is definitely a problem with the OS, as if I boot from a System 6.0.8 floppy everything works fine.
Thanks for any help or guidance.
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