>From memory you aren't doing it wrong. QXLTOOLS gets your QDOS files onto the PC, QLAYT then generates the directory files needed by QLAY. I also had your problem and for a long time I thought the floppies were corrupted. Some were OK, some were not; I would get a partial directory listing, then a fragment of test from a file, then rubbish.
My floppies were readable, however, so it must be that QXLTOOLS is not robust to something on them that other tools would accept. When you get your Linux working, you can access QDOS floppies on FLP1_ directly via UQLX. It works fine, and you can copy them into the directories you have defined as WIN1_ etc. I haven't tried defining the directory on a DOS partition but can't see why it wouldn't work. You would still need to use QLAYT before using the files with QLAY. BTW I use mandrake 8.1. My computer has sound built into the motherboard and I never did get sound working properly with suse, or earlier versions of Mandrake. Even now its a bit hit and miss. Sometimes the sound system does not start up automatically on boot. Jeremy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Al Feng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 5:33 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] Qlay question - floppies > I haven't transferred anything for a while, but my recollection is that > the files which QXLTOOLS is looking at are coming off of a "regular"/MS > DOS formatted medium ... so, you'll want to use XOVER or DiscOVER, first. > > Al > > > On Mon, 06 May 2002 17:03:34 +0100 Mr Richard Walker > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > On Sunday 05 May 2002 8:00 pm, you wrote: > > > > > QLTOOLS is used to move files into directories (via DOS) that are > > > > then > > > read by QLAY. > > > > I have just had a really fun weekend trying to get some files off > > ageing DD > > discs and into QLAY for my sister. The method Al mentioned has > > certainly > > worked for me in the past but for some reason I have yet to fully > > understand > > I had what could best be called "mixed" success this time. > > > > I first transferred the three Quill doc files to ram to get them off > > > > the > > scarily old discs and then copied them onto a freshly formatted DD > > disc. > > I > > actually taped up the hole on an HD disc as it was quite new. > > > > The PC is a competent 333MHz Celeron thing and QLAY has been on it > > for > > nearly > > three years - currently v0.90c. QLTOOLS would not give me a > > recognisable > > directory listing of the disc. Instead it produced several lines of > > > > text from > > one or more of the Quill docs for filenames and outrageously large > > numbers > > for length. As for the dates and version numbers..... > > > > This had been pretty much the pattern of behaviour with a fair > > proportion of > > the QL discs I tried - some were mine and some Helen's. Only some of > > > > them > > gave a recognisably valid directory listing. > > > > Helen had been using a Trump card with twin Miracle DD drives. I > > have > > been > > using SGC with twin ED drives. I wonder if the slight difference in > > the > > DD > > definition sector which is written by a Trump Card system and a Gold > > > > Card > > system could be part of the explanation. Does anyone know if > > QLTOOLS > > can > > handle all of original QL5A, Gold Card QL5A and all QL5B discs? > > > > I intend to get to the bottom of this in time but at the moment I am > > > > trying > > to get a Linux 2.5.10 kernel (with the pre-emption patch) working on > > my > > > > Mandrake system - the kernel seems fine but Alsa sound isn't playing > > ( > > pun not > > intended). > > > > Richard > > > > -- > >
