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Re: :zz: Does the Boot Disk now do Saves? ChrzT
- To: Mark Oeltjenbruns <mark_oeltjenbruns@xxxxxxxxxxx>, zzdev@xxxxxxxxxx
- Subject: Re: :zz: Does the Boot Disk now do Saves? ChrzT
- From: Andrew Pam <xanni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 22:44:09 +1000
- In-reply-to: <000e01bdf5dc$22173b40$796064a7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; from Mark Oeltjenbruns on Mon, Oct 12, 1998 at 07:30:44AM -0500
- References: <19981012033211.C1513@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <000e01bdf5dc$22173b40$796064a7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Reply-to: zzdev@xxxxxxxxxx
On Mon, Oct 12, 1998 at 07:30:44AM -0500, Mark Oeltjenbruns wrote:
> On my copy it doesn't work. It sometimes brings up the save prompt but not
> always. Usually it hangs with the drive light permanently on. One thing
> though, I assume it requires a formated 'Linux' disk to work. Is this
> correct? The problem is I don't have a Linux system, if I did I wouldn't
> need the boot disk version.
No. It requires a formatted MS-DOS diskette. If you insert an unformatted
disk it will probably hang as you have described.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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