Date: 24 Jul 1997 10:25:00 +0200
From: mjs AT prg DOT hannover DOT sgh-net DOT de (Mark Junker)
To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
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In-Reply-To: <2AF28F63532@tui.lincoln.ac.nz>
Subject: Re: floppy-copy errors
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Hi Mclachla,

You wrote at 24.07.97 to the mail "floppy-copy errors":

> I have found that if I clean boot, then the errors disappear.
> Adding other programs makes the errors recur.  However, after many,
> many tests I have yet to establish any logical pattern in the
> results as to which setups work and which don't.  The same problems
> occur with DR-DOS, but *much less* frequently with MS-DOS (i.e.,
> only 1 file mis-copied out of 135).
This sounds like a wrong setting in the BIOS (memory and/or cache).

> The system is an AMD K5-PR133 on an ASUS TP24 motherboard (onboard
> i/o).  There are absolutely no problems on my 486 system running the
> same Novell DOS version.
s.a.

> I have tried swapping the floppy disk drive (and cable) from my
> working 486 system, but this made no difference.  The remaining
> possibilities are something to do with DR/NW/OpenDOS, the
> motherboard, or the cpu.  Any thoughts and opinions would be
> appreciated.
Changing the hardware doesn't change anything when the BIOS isn't set  
correctly.
Hope this helps (a bit). :)

Regards, MJS