I haven't transferred anything for a while, but my recollection is that the files which QXLTOOLS is looking at are coming off of a "regular"/MS DOS formatted medium ... so, you'll want to use XOVER or DiscOVER, first.
Al On Mon, 06 May 2002 17:03:34 +0100 Mr Richard Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Sunday 05 May 2002 8:00 pm, you wrote: > > > QLTOOLS is used to move files into directories (via DOS) that are > > then > > read by QLAY. > > I have just had a really fun weekend trying to get some files off > ageing DD > discs and into QLAY for my sister. The method Al mentioned has > certainly > worked for me in the past but for some reason I have yet to fully > understand > I had what could best be called "mixed" success this time. > > I first transferred the three Quill doc files to ram to get them off > > the > scarily old discs and then copied them onto a freshly formatted DD > disc. > I > actually taped up the hole on an HD disc as it was quite new. > > The PC is a competent 333MHz Celeron thing and QLAY has been on it > for > nearly > three years - currently v0.90c. QLTOOLS would not give me a > recognisable > directory listing of the disc. Instead it produced several lines of > > text from > one or more of the Quill docs for filenames and outrageously large > numbers > for length. As for the dates and version numbers..... > > This had been pretty much the pattern of behaviour with a fair > proportion of > the QL discs I tried - some were mine and some Helen's. Only some of > > them > gave a recognisably valid directory listing. > > Helen had been using a Trump card with twin Miracle DD drives. I > have > been > using SGC with twin ED drives. I wonder if the slight difference in > the > DD > definition sector which is written by a Trump Card system and a Gold > > Card > system could be part of the explanation. Does anyone know if > QLTOOLS > can > handle all of original QL5A, Gold Card QL5A and all QL5B discs? > > I intend to get to the bottom of this in time but at the moment I am > > trying > to get a Linux 2.5.10 kernel (with the pre-emption patch) working on > my > > Mandrake system - the kernel seems fine but Alsa sound isn't playing > ( > pun not > intended). > > Richard > > -- > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.
