Recent Purchase Issue

[giZmo350]

@ Madshib

You might try using a USB to CF (I assume you have more than one CF card) adapter and copying your 3.1 WB ADFs to it from your Linux machine. Also copy ADF Blitzer to the CF Card. Then insert the CF card into your PCMCIA adapter - insert PCMCIA adapter into A1200 PCMCIA slot. Transfer (and install?) ADF Blitzer to the working 3.9 and then create the 3.1 WB disks using the A1200 floppy disk...  just a thought.

Rog....

PS...even though I have USB in my A1200, there are times when a USB to CF Card Reader comes in real handy! Pop the CF card in the USB Card Reader, copy your stuff, and then pop the CF card into the PCMCIA adapter!

[giZmo350]

The HDD is recognized when I boot from the 3.1 workbench disk hence why I can modify the S: files with Ed, but I can't load into 3.9 as all attempts have been unsuccessful.

What I had just recently tried this fine evening is to extract my 3.1Install.lha file onto the CF and put it into the PCMCIA adapter and into the 1200. The 1200 says it's not a DOS disk. I also tried preparing the CF for file transfer from UAE with a card prep utility on the HDD in the 1200, but it says that it is write protected....:pissed:

Frustrating to say the least as either side won't work work with each other. Doesn't WB include CrossDos? Shouldn't it recognize it even if booting from disk?

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"I also tried preparing the CF for file transfer from UAE with a card  prep utility on the HDD in the 1200, but it says that it is write  protected..."

Oh ya! I forgot about that problem! A lot of cheap CF cards do that. If I remember correctly, the card prep utility always does that too. Did you format the CF card FAT32 before copying the files? Ya, CrossDOS isn't going to be "ready to go" from the 3.1 boot floppy unless have PC0: in the DEVS/DOSDRIVER Drawer. Man, you just need someone to pop off a set of WB3.1 floppys to you. Where you located?

"Can I just rename the Startup sequence on the HDD and copy the one from the 3.1 disk over?"
You could try it!

[giZmo350]

New Jersey. I'll pay for shipping.

I would gladly send you a set but I don't have any floppy disks!