Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!rutgers!ucla-cs!zen!ucbvax!ernie.Berkeley.EDU!braver From: braver@ernie.Berkeley.EDU (Michael Braverman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.att Subject: Problem loading Simultask on 6300+ Message-ID: <19841@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> Date: Thu, 23-Jul-87 17:45:27 EDT Article-I.D.: ucbvax.19841 Posted: Thu Jul 23 17:45:27 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 25-Jul-87 08:50:35 EDT Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: braver@ernie.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (Michael Braverman) Distribution: na Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 18 I'm trying to load Simultask on a 6300+. I didn't have the required scratch 360K diskette at the time I loaded the seven System V Release 2.0 Version 2.5 foundation diskettes, so I am trying to load the simultask software from within Unix. I went through the menu system to the "Install MS-DOS software from diskette" entry whereupon I was told to insert my newly purchased 360K diskette. After doing so, I get an error message "trouble writing to diskette" and I am told to insert a new scratch diskette. I've tried three different diskettes (of the same vendor) and get the same error message for each. If I boot up DOS 3.1 and format the diskettes under DOS, I can copy to and from the diskettes with no problem. Is Unix somehow more sensitive than DOS? I called the ATT Hotline, but they haven't been much help. Has anyone seen this problem before? Thanks for any assistance, Michael Braverman braver@ernie.berkeley.edu