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Appendix E MS-DOS Message Directory [
F
EXEC
failure [
[MS-DOS)
• MS-DOS either
found
an
error when reading a command,
or
the
Files
command
in
the config_sys
file
is set too low. .
Increase
the
value
of
the
files
command
in
the
config.sys file, [
and restart
MS-DOS.
FCB
unavailable reading (or writing) drive x:
[MS-DOS)
• This is a device
error.
See
Appendix
D,
"Disk
and
Device
Errors."
fc: cannot open filename -
Nosuctllileor
directory
[Fe)
• One
of
the files
that
you
specified doesn't exist.
Check
the
directory for
the
correct
filename.
fc: filename longer than filename
[Fe)
• After reaching the
end
of
one
of
the files
in
a
file
comparison,
the other
file
still has uncompared data left.
fc: incompatible switches
[Fe)
• You
have
specified switches
that
are
not
compatible. (For
example,
Ib
and
/L.)
You should
not
combine
binary
and
ASCII
comparison
switches_
fc: no differences encountered
[Fe)
• The files are the same.
fc:
out
of
memory
[Fe)
• You do
not
have enough
memory
to perform the comparison.
File allocation table bad
[MS-DOS)
• The
disk
may
be defective.
Run
chkdsk
If
to
check
the
disk.
File allocation table bad drive x:
[Chkdsk)
• This message means
that
the
disk
was
not
formatted
or
was
formatted
improperly.
It
could
also
mean
that
an
operating
system other than
MS-DOS is
on
the disk.
Run
chkdsk
If
to
check
the
disk.
If
this message is displayed
again, you must reformat
the
disk.
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