My system won't use 720 KB format on 1.44 MB drive

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From: Garrett Jost
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 00:20

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    I just had a weird thing happen today.  I was going through some old
3.5" disks that were 720 KB format and my drive couldn't read them.  I then
tried 1.44 MB formatted disked and they worked fine.

    As an experiment, I changed my CMOS settings to my Ami BIOS.  I set up
the 3.5" drive as a 720 KB type and rebooted the system.  Now the drive
reads 720 KB disks!  (But it doesn't read 1.44 MB disks)

    Does anyone know what my problem is??  My CMOS was cleared about a
week ago from a faulty battery, so it is possible something isn't set right.
Or maybe one of the cables has a problem???


-- 
Garrett

"These are my opinions and do not necessarily represent the opinions of my
employer."

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From: grjost@uts.amdahl.com (Garrett Jost)
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Subject: My system won't use 720 KB format on 1.44 MB drive
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Date: 10 Jan 93 00:20:05 GMT
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