Yeah there was something years ago about a certain mode you could set in the
bios to do with this. If it were only happening on the 2 Compaq machines I
could accept that, but it's happening on a Dell server too.
-----Original Message-----
From: Bryan Wetton [mailto:bryan .AT. wetton DO.T net]
Sent: 13 June 2003 10:16
To: profox@leafe.com
Subject: RE: Zipping VFP data.
I recall a 'media change' signal line from a floppy but it's a long time
ago.
A google search reveals plenty of older talk on the subject.
Bryan
-----Original Message-----
From: profoxtech-bounces .AT. leafe DO.T com [mailto:profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com]
On Behalf Of Alan Bourke
Sent: Friday, 13 June 2003 5:41 PM
To: profoxtech .AT. leafe DO.T com
Subject: Zipping VFP data.
I've reposted this without the OT tag so apologies if you've seen it before.
I've got a weird problem with one of my customers. I've set up a batch file
to PKZIP some VFP data files to floppy. The problem is that it fills the
first disk no problem, then prompts for disk 2. You put disk 2 in and it
keeps asking for disk 2 ... as if the machine is not registering the disk
change.
The PKZIP command in the batch file is:
PKZIP -ex "-&wv" a:adata.zip a_*.*
The same command works on hundreds of sites with no problem. Things to
note:
Tried on 2 Compaq Windows XP Pro workstations and a Dell server with Windows
2000 server. The "-&w" is in quotes because that's the way it has to be
under NT/2000/XP
- that wipes the disk, spans disks and verifies.
I've tried "-&uv" which formats the disks first, no dice. Winzip won't span
the disks properly. PKZIPC won't either.
The only commonality is that the floppies are all Imation but they used to
work fine, and even fresh disks don't work.
Any ideas ... ?
Alan Bourke
Opera Support And Development
Quantum Business Solutions,
Quantum House,
Temple Road,
Blackrock,
Co. Dublin,
Ireland
Tel +353 1 2796666
Fax +353 1 2832384
http://www.qbs.ie <http://www.qbs.ie>
http://www.aesop.ie <http://www.aesop.ie>
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