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- From: rick@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu (Richard M. Warner)
- Subject: Re: Help Low Level Format on IBM ps/2
- Message-ID: <rick.12.711824135@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu>
- Keywords: low level format ps/2
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- Organization: San Jose State University, Math & CS
- References: <1992Jul21.183531.6940@uvm.edu>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 16:55:35 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul21.183531.6940@uvm.edu> vincent@uvm.edu (Jim J Vincent) writes:
- >From: vincent@uvm.edu (Jim J Vincent)
- >Subject: Help Low Level Format on IBM ps/2
- >Keywords: low level format ps/2
- >Date: 21 Jul 92 18:35:31 GMT
-
- >Can anyone tell me how to perform a low level format on an IBM PS/2
- >model 30, both the original and the 286 versions? Both have a 20M
- >drive that came standard with the system. Using debug g=C800:5 does
- >not work. The starter disk has a format menu selection but it only
- >allows formatting of a floppy (as far as I can tell). Has anyone ever
- >done this? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
- >E-mail is especially appreciated.
-
- > Thanks,
- > Jim Vincent
- > vincent@orville.psu.edu
-
- When you boot off the Reference Disk, there is a second (semi-hidden)
- menu. You access it by doing something like Shift-A or Ctrl-A (ditched
- all the PS/2's, so forget which of the two it is). This second
- menu includes low-level format routines, as well as some diagnostics.
-