Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

i havent recieved a reply yet, but i just tried the freedos method of 
copying the OS to a floppy and am still getting an error 
message, "CRC error" or "missing sector"

this is starting to drive me mad so if anyone can help me, id would 
very much appreciate it, even if comeone is willing maybe to make a 
disk for me and send it to me, ill pay for it if it makes my 
sequencer work.

thanx again
Miles

i have thought of that, 720kb disks are not easy to come by these 
days though. ill keep my eyes and ears open
cheers


--- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, "Fabio D. García" 
<fabiodg@s...> wrote:
> Hi Miles,
> Manytimes High Density disc don't work in right way. You would need 
to try with an old Double Density disc (720 kb).
> Try that.
> Fabio
> 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: miles_philip 
>   To: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2004 11:38 AM
>   Subject: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] freedos
> 
> 
>   i havent recieved a reply yet, but i just tried the freedos 
method of 
>   copying the OS to a floppy and am still getting an error 
>   message, "CRC error" or "missing sector"
> 
>   this is starting to drive me mad so if anyone can help me, id 
would 
>   very much appreciate it, even if comeone is willing maybe to make 
a 
>   disk for me and send it to me, ill pay for it if it makes my 
>   sequencer work.
> 
>   thanx again
>   Miles
> 
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miles_philip wrote:

>i have thought of that, 720kb disks are not easy to come by these 
>days though. ill keep my eyes and ears open
>cheers
>
>
>--- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, "Fabio D. Garc\ufffda" 
><fabiodg@s...> wrote:
>  
>
>>Hi Miles,
>>Manytimes High Density disc don't work in right way. You would need 
>>    
>>
>to try with an old Double Density disc (720 kb).
>  
>
>>Try that.
>>Fabio
>>
>>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>>  From: miles_philip 
>>  To: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com 
>>  Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2004 11:38 AM
>>  Subject: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] freedos
>>
>>
>>  i havent recieved a reply yet, but i just tried the freedos 
>>    
>>
>method of 
>  
>
>>  copying the OS to a floppy and am still getting an error 
>>  message, "CRC error" or "missing sector"
>>
>>  this is starting to drive me mad so if anyone can help me, id 
>>    
>>
>would 
>  
>
>>  very much appreciate it, even if comeone is willing maybe to make 
>>    
>>
>a 
>  
>
>>  disk for me and send it to me, ill pay for it if it makes my 
>>  sequencer work.
>>
>>  thanx again
>>  Miles
>>    
>>

I find most expensive, or well known brands, work. Normally, if they 
format for SD1, then I usually have no more problems with them. If they 
don't format, they will never format.

Cheap brand HD disks, were less likely to format. A big box of 500 
Staples HD disk, had close to a 50% fall out rate, and I returned them 
to Staples.

Hope this helps.

Ralph  :-)