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Title: Strange WB 3.9 behaviour!
Post by: amiware on February 26, 2008, 08:14:33 PM

hey guys

I cannot format any floppy disk under OS 3.9 by the workbench menu 'format'

Do you know what's going on?

Help me please!

Title: Re: Strange WB 3.9 behaviour!
Post by: amiga_3k on February 26, 2008, 08:34:51 PM

You did select the disk to format first, didn't you?

Title: Re: Strange WB 3.9 behaviour!
Post by: Daniele on February 26, 2008, 08:40:09 PM

help this guy

Title: Re: Strange WB 3.9 behaviour!
Post by: amiware on February 26, 2008, 08:42:23 PM

@amiga_3k


sure I clicked on the floppy then I gave the format command by WB but won't format !!!

 :furious:

Title: Re: Strange WB 3.9 behaviour!
Post by: amiga_3k on February 26, 2008, 08:53:01 PM

Hehehe... Okay then ;-) I just asked because it would'nt be the first time someone forgot that oh so important step.

Are you able to format it using CLI?

Title: Re: Strange WB 3.9 behaviour!
Post by: Andeda on February 26, 2008, 09:00:23 PM

Is your disk write protected? sorry but i had to ask  :-D

Title: Re: Strange WB 3.9 behaviour!
Post by: Daniele on February 26, 2008, 09:05:43 PM

strange!

Title: Re: Strange WB 3.9 behaviour!
Post by: amiware on February 26, 2008, 09:07:38 PM

I cannot format by CLI too

and of course the floppy is not protected

help me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


 :headwall:

Title: Re: Strange WB 3.9 behaviour!
Post by: Andeda on February 26, 2008, 09:12:06 PM

This sounds very strange. Is your floppydrive ok, ís it able to read disks?  :-?

Title: Re: Strange WB 3.9 behaviour!
Post by: amiga_3k on February 26, 2008, 09:12:21 PM

Okay... no formatting from CLI... You've got the format command in C?

Title: Re: Strange WB 3.9 behaviour!
Post by: Daedalus on February 26, 2008, 09:13:15 PM

The Format command is stored in SYS:System, not SYS:C so have a look there and see if it's gone missing. It's quite easy to move files my accident into subdirectories or different directories, making the command inaccessible to the normal ways of doing it. Do you get any errors? What message do you get in the shell when you type "SYS:System/Format" ?

Title: Re: Strange WB 3.9 behaviour!
Post by: amiware on February 26, 2008, 09:23:52 PM

@Dedalus

Thanks I solved the problem with you

 :laughing:

Title: Re: Strange WB 3.9 behaviour!
Post by: amiware on February 26, 2008, 09:24:58 PM

and thanks to all the guys that have answered to me!

Title: Re: Strange WB 3.9 behaviour!
Post by: rkauer on February 26, 2008, 09:34:17 PM

Hmmm...

 @Daedalus: you need to change your sig: you are using 6 years now without a sig... ;-)

Title: Re: Strange WB 3.9 behaviour!
Post by: Daedalus on February 27, 2008, 07:41:55 PM

LOL, thanks... Done!  :-D