Strange WB 3.9 behaviour!

[amiware]

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!

[amiga_3k]

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

[Daniele]

help this guy

[amiware]

@amiga_3k


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

 :furious:

[amiga_3k]

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?

[Andeda]

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

[Daniele]

strange!

[amiware]

I cannot format by CLI too

and of course the floppy is not protected

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


 :headwall:

[Andeda]

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

[amiga_3k]

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

[Daedalus]

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" ?

[amiware]

@Dedalus

Thanks I solved the problem with you

 :laughing:

[amiware]

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

[rkauer]

Hmmm...

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

[Daedalus]

LOL, thanks... Done!  :-D