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- From: mlednor@tower.demon.co.uk (Mark `Jay' Lednor)
- Path: sparky!uunet!pipex!demon!mlednor
- Subject: Re: high density floppies on A3000T?
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- Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 07:40:47 +0000
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- In article <1992Aug18.041440.22414@ultb.isc.rit.edu> kxs5829@ultb.isc.rit.edu (K.X. Saunders ) writes:
- > I just got my A3000T and I was wondering if there is any way to tell if
- > I have high(er) density floppy drives than the standard 880K.
- >
- > - Kyle
-
- If you're running 2.04, insert an HD floppy, type `format drive df0: name hd'.
- Then type info to see how many blocks it reports!
-
- Note that the incomplete support for HD floppies in 2.04 will cause the
- machine to crash if you change from HD to DD without rebooting in my
- experience. There are hacks around that correct this.
-
- > --
- > +-"Remember, [MS]DOS is sort of a UNIX deviant already" - dmoscny@piglet.-----+
- > | // Only /\ kxs5829@ultb.isc.rit.edu cincinatti. |
- > | \ // /--\MIGA kyle@nick.csh.rit.edu oh.us |
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- >
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