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Article #57725Re: 1.44 floppies are really 1.64
From: M.P.
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 00:00
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 00:00
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snippo---------> > > > So, don't short-change yourself with floppy space in Linux. > > > > BTW, I should have worked out that this is possible since Microsoft have > > a special format on their 3.5in install disks which lets them put a 1.6M > > cabinet file on each floppy. This is to try and prevent copying of the > > disks. snippo---------> > > > > Old stuff. MS sent out Windows95 on 1.73M diskettes. The old DOS DISKCOPY Wrong. MS DMF disks are 1.68M not 1.73M. The best way to do anything with the DMF format under Win 3.1/95/NT is with WinImage 2.2 or 2.5. It can handle almost every disk format (including Mac). The WinImage homepage is at http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/gvollant. > could not format the target diskette so "pirating" was slowed considerable. > Fortunately some German programmer did FDFORMAT that can format to almost > any style. Try it. > Stanislaw. > >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 102983,bb9bc9cdf68209f X-Google-Attributes: gid102983,public From: "M.P." <d9060469@helios.usq.edu.au> Subject: Re: 1.44 floppies are really 1.64 Date: 1996/08/26 Message-ID: <Pine.HPP.3.95.960826160955.523A-100000@helios.usq.edu.au> X-Deja-AN: 176496797 references: <4vavnc$8bu@phaedrus.kralizec.net.au> <Pine.SUN.3.91.960825232531.16858B-100000@jolt> to: Stanislaw <flatto@jolt.mpx.com.au> content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII organization: University of Southern Queensland mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: aus.computers.linux