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- Subject: Re: Format 1.2M to 1.44M
- Message-ID: <712020513snx@lancea.actrix.gen.nz>
- From: lance@lancea.actrix.gen.nz (Lance Andrewes)
- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 23:28:33 GMT
- References: <1992Jul24.170613.6697@sbcs.sunysb.edu>
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- kskapin@csws8.ic.sunysb.edu writes
- in article <1992Jul24.170613.6697@sbcs.sunysb.edu>:
- >
- > The file the previous post was referring to is FDFORMAT18 available from
- > GARBO.UWASA.FI (/pub/pc/diskutils). I downloaded it but it did not work
- > for me. It kept saying error on track 0 head 0 after formatting. There
- > is another file called 800II... in the same place. This one worked for me
- > but it allows 1.2 to go to 1.4 not 1.44. Good enough for an OS/2 boot disk.
- > [etc]
-
- When I run FDFORMAT v1.8 with the paramaters F:1.44, it does format
- a 1.2MB disc to 1.44MB. On completion of formatting, I get the
- message: "Head 0, Cylinder 0, 100%V Error building new disc-
- parameter-block. DOS-Error 5". However, the disc is definitely usable.
- I've used these discs a lot when backing-up software. Installations
- run fine from the FDFORMAT formatted discs.
-
- Sorry if this is not the error you're getting, but just in case ...
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