Category : Alternate Operating Systems - Quarterdeck DesqView, CP/M, etc
Archive   : MFTFLOPP.ZIP
Filename : MFTFLOPP.PAT

MANIFEST VERSION 1.11 REPORTING 1.44 MB FLOPPY DRIVES AS
"UNKNOWN"


Manifest reports 1.44 MB floppy drives as "UNKNOWN" in the
System/CMOS section. This report is a mistake by Manifest and
does not prejudice the way any other Quarterdeck product uses the
floppy drives.

Here is a patch to eliminate the problem:

1) Make a copy of the MFT.EXE file in your QEMM (or QRAM)
directory. We are about to alter your current copy of MFT.EXE;
the copy you make will serve as a backup in case this operation
fails.

COPY C:\QEMM\MFT.EXE C:\QEMM\MFTOLD.EXE

(If your MFT.EXE is not located in the QEMM directory of the C:
drive, change the path accordingly.)

2) Rename MFT.EXE to X. To do this, go to the QEMM directory
and type:

REN MFT.EXE X

(If your MFT.EXE is not located in the QEMM directory, go to the
directory in which it is located.)

3) Go to the DOS directory on the hard disk and type:

DEBUG C:\QEMM\X

(If your MFT.EXE is not located in the QEMM directory of the C:
drive, change the path accordingly.)

Hit the Enter key; you should see the DEBUG prompt, which is a
hyphen.

4) At the DEBUG prompt, type:


S 1000 L8000 4 73 A

Hit the Enter key; DEBUG should return a segment address and
offset, in the following format:

xxxx:yyyy

5) At the DEBUG prompt again, use the segment address and offset
that was just returned to give the DEBUG command:

E xxxx:yyyy 5

The address that DEBUG returned in step 4 should be used in place
of the address xxxx:yyyy, which we use as an example. Hit the
Enter the key after your command; the DEBUG prompt should return
in a moment.

6) At the DEBUG prompt, type:

W

Hit the Enter key; DEBUG will announce that it is writing a
certain number of bytes, then it will return the DEBUG prompt.

7) At the DEBUG prompt, type:

Q

Hit the Enter key to exit DEBUG and return to DOS.

8) Rename X to MFT.EXE. To do this at the DOS prompt, type:

REN X MFT.EXE

(If your MFT.EXE is not located in the QEMM directory, go to the
directory in which it is located.)

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If the system fails after you perform this patch, copy the backup
of MFT.EXE that you made back to its original name.

COPY C:\QEMM\MFTOLD.EXE C:\QEMM\MFT.EXE

(If your MFT.EXE is not located in the QEMM directory of the C:
drive, change the path accordingly.)

You may then wish to try the above procedure again, in case a
mistake was made.

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