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  • Can't SYSGEN in LS-DOS or LDOS

    From Thomas Lake@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jul 29 04:05:41 2018
    When I try to use

    SYSGEN (YES)

    I get a message that the configuration was created but then a message

    File not in directory

    and CONFIG/SYS is not created. How can I create CONFIG/SYS?

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  • From lafos1@gmail.com@21:1/5 to Thomas Lake on Mon Jul 30 17:43:24 2018
    On Sunday, July 29, 2018 at 6:05:41 AM UTC-5, Thomas Lake wrote:
    When I try to use

    SYSGEN (YES)

    I get a message that the configuration was created but then a message

    File not in directory

    and CONFIG/SYS is not created. How can I create CONFIG/SYS?

    Correct syntax is

    SYSGEN (ON/OFF, DRIVE=n)

    where ON creates CONFIG/SYS, OFF removes it, and n is the drive number (default=0)

    So try SYSGEN (ON) and see what happens

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  • From Thomas Lake@21:1/5 to laf...@gmail.com on Mon Jul 30 17:51:22 2018
    On Monday, July 30, 2018 at 8:43:24 PM UTC-4, laf...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Sunday, July 29, 2018 at 6:05:41 AM UTC-5, Thomas Lake wrote:
    When I try to use

    SYSGEN (YES)

    I get a message that the configuration was created but then a message

    File not in directory

    and CONFIG/SYS is not created. How can I create CONFIG/SYS?

    Correct syntax is

    SYSGEN (ON/OFF, DRIVE=n)

    where ON creates CONFIG/SYS, OFF removes it, and n is the drive number (default=0)

    So try SYSGEN (ON) and see what happens

    It turns out there's something wrong with drive 0. It reads perfectly but won't write. It doesn't cause an error, it just won't write. I usually don't write to drive 0 so I didn't notice a problem until I tried SYSGEN on it.

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  • From Thomas Lake@21:1/5 to Thomas Lake on Mon Jul 30 17:55:55 2018
    On Monday, July 30, 2018 at 8:51:23 PM UTC-4, Thomas Lake wrote:
    On Monday, July 30, 2018 at 8:43:24 PM UTC-4, laf...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Sunday, July 29, 2018 at 6:05:41 AM UTC-5, Thomas Lake wrote:
    When I try to use

    SYSGEN (YES)

    I get a message that the configuration was created but then a message

    File not in directory

    and CONFIG/SYS is not created. How can I create CONFIG/SYS?

    Correct syntax is

    SYSGEN (ON/OFF, DRIVE=n)

    where ON creates CONFIG/SYS, OFF removes it, and n is the drive number (default=0)

    So try SYSGEN (ON) and see what happens

    It turns out there's something wrong with drive 0. It reads perfectly but won't write. It doesn't cause an error, it just won't write. I usually don't write to drive 0 so I didn't notice a problem until I tried SYSGEN on it.

    So, now my question is: Does anyone know where I can get a TEC FB-503 drive like the ones in the Model 4D?

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