d8b Forum

Hi everyone I have tried moving the control.asc to my Mackie formatted drive , when I plug the drive into my PC (Windows 7) using a data cable the computer see's the drive but will not read to , it just says unformatted drive please format ... I've tried putting the file on a bootable DOS floppy disk , but it will not find the C: drive to copy to ..........can anyone help me .... Or sell me a drive with 5.1 installed and unlocked

Thanks in advance

Bert ( twofootafo@hotmail.com)

Sounds a bit weird that windows can't read it.
Does your d8b boot correctly?
If so, are you able to establish an ftp link?

Regards
Anders

The D8B boots fine ,but as 5.1 is still locked it goes off after 7 mins .....I have tried using FTP ....I've followed all the instructions on this forum but I still can't connect to the D8B

You can make install floppys from the images in the database. Then copy the hacked control file over to the correct floppy and file location on the floppy. And install like normal.

Sorry for the vague wording.

I made an image of my disk after installing 5.1
I don't remember if I made the image before or after using the hack, but you could try it out, and see if it works for you.
I made it with Macrium Reflect.

Here's a link for the image:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4u76vpn7se0p ... 0Ozpa?dl=0

Finally got my desk up and running .There was a problem with my hackintoshs network card ,so I connected D8B to a PC and sent the file over FTP

Thank you all for your help
am a very happy man now

Trying to connect thru FTP to install crack... Through my command prompt I can see that I am connected to the d8b, but Filezilla won't connect without a username/ password... any help?

Great Big thanks to everyone involved in this, ( you know who you are )
Needed 5.1 as lost codes and mackie no longer support the d8b
so would of been useless.
And so the D8b lives and breaths new life into the future of our tracks.
you all have made this possable.
A massive thanks to yall, and the site for bringing us all together.
Thank you.
Funk

It is always a pleasure, to see how old users re-discover this desk.

Hi guys,

Sorry for the newbie question but seems a small road block for me having come by a dusty old D8B in need of some tlc. She came loaded with Ver 3.1. Having some headache getting the floppy to read when trying an install of 5.1 from the links given in this thread. I have formatted three 2HD floopies (in windows 7) and run the Ver 5.1 self extracting files for disks 1, 2 and 3 so each disk has the relevant files loaded. When I start the CPU with the floppy inserted (disk 1 first) she boots straight to Ver 3.1 even though bios is set to read the floppy first. I have tested the floppy drive using the original 3.1 disks and it works fine, attempting to install. Seems something is wrong with the way I have prepared the 5.1 floppies. Any hints?