Unpack a MSDOS disk with DMS ???!!!

Tony Landais · 19 June 2003, 00:26

I have a bridgeboard card A2088 in my Amiga2000 and I found the MSDOS boot disk in DMS format.
But I can't unpack it
Of course I tried to mount pc0 to put the option PC in the command line but the archive can t start to unpack.

I tried to format a 360k PC0: but same result
HELP

Here is the file

thomas · 19 June 2003, 19:24

DMS refuses to write the file to disk, don't know why.

xDMS can unpack it and YADI can write it to floppy (using PC0).

http://uk.aminet.net/aminetbin/find?xdms
http://uk.aminet.net/aminetbin/find?yadi

I would suggest tsgui instead, but I have problems running my own program

Twistin'Ghost · 19 June 2003, 23:24

I don't have it loaded right now, but I thought DMS had a special switch for PC-DOS mode. I know I have DMS'd PC disks in the past using DMS (on a real Amiga) and expanded them back to disk with no problems. The switch is PC for reading and writing. There's also a HD option I have never tried.

Chuckles · 20 June 2003, 01:04

I downloaded the file you attached last night and tried to extract it using dms professional, version 2.20 without any luck. I could view the contents of the archive, and it seems that what you have is a PC formatted 720K diskette that was archived with dms using the PC switch that TG mentioned. My attempts to extract the file were done using WinUAE though, so it might have worked if I'd been using a real Amiga instead. I may have one other option for you though. If the boot diskette in the archive is a MS-DOS 3.3 diskette, you might want to snag the one I posted to the Zone a few days ago before it disappears. The one I posted is an image of the IBM PC-DOS 3.3 boot diskette in WinImage format, and presumably WinImage could be used to write it back to an actual diskette, though I've never tried that myself. Thomas subsequently posted a version of that which had been converted to an extended ADF that works with emulators running under WinUAE, in case you might want that as well. Both should still be in the Zone for about another day, but if you miss them I will be happy to repost either or both for you.

19 June 2003, 00:26	#1
Tony Landais Zone Friend Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: uk Posts: 426	Unpack a MSDOS disk with DMS ???!!! I have a bridgeboard card A2088 in my Amiga2000 and I found the MSDOS boot disk in DMS format. But I can't unpack it Of course I tried to mount pc0 to put the option PC in the command line but the archive can t start to unpack. I tried to format a 360k PC0: but same result HELP Here is the file

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19 June 2003, 19:24	#2
thomas Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 7,026	DMS refuses to write the file to disk, don't know why. xDMS can unpack it and YADI can write it to floppy (using PC0). http://uk.aminet.net/aminetbin/find?xdms http://uk.aminet.net/aminetbin/find?yadi I would suggest tsgui instead, but I have problems running my own program

19 June 2003, 23:24	#3
Twistin'Ghost Give up the ghost Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: U$A Age: 33 Posts: 4,662	I don't have it loaded right now, but I thought DMS had a special switch for PC-DOS mode. I know I have DMS'd PC disks in the past using DMS (on a real Amiga) and expanded them back to disk with no problems. The switch is PC for reading and writing. There's also a HD option I have never tried.

20 June 2003, 01:04	#4
Chuckles The Ancient One Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Kansas City/USA Age: 69 Posts: 685	I downloaded the file you attached last night and tried to extract it using dms professional, version 2.20 without any luck. I could view the contents of the archive, and it seems that what you have is a PC formatted 720K diskette that was archived with dms using the PC switch that TG mentioned. My attempts to extract the file were done using WinUAE though, so it might have worked if I'd been using a real Amiga instead. I may have one other option for you though. If the boot diskette in the archive is a MS-DOS 3.3 diskette, you might want to snag the one I posted to the Zone a few days ago before it disappears. The one I posted is an image of the IBM PC-DOS 3.3 boot diskette in WinImage format, and presumably WinImage could be used to write it back to an actual diskette, though I've never tried that myself. Thomas subsequently posted a version of that which had been converted to an extended ADF that works with emulators running under WinUAE, in case you might want that as well. Both should still be in the Zone for about another day, but if you miss them I will be happy to repost either or both for you.

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