Re: Reference disk needed for Compaq 286E

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From: Thomas Welp
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 1995 00:00

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On 18 Jun 1995, Matthew Trump wrote:

> In article <803412101snz@michaels.demon.co.uk>
>            michaels@michaels.demon.co.uk "Michael Salem" writes:
> 
> > (2) that the BIOS doesn't support 3.5" drives.
>The command driveparm should be a solution to your problem.
I have who bought quite a while ago an XT from Commodore which did not 
know how to deal with a 720 KB FD which it regarded as a 360 5.25 FD.
I configured the drive as a 360 FD and with driveparm under dos "enhanced" 
it to a 720 KB FD. With this command you have to give a drive number 
(e.g. 0=a; 1=b......) as well as tracks and sectors. After booting 
evrything should work fine.

                                   Thomas

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From: Thomas Welp <s386@mailserv.uni-giessen.de>
Subject: Re: Reference disk needed for Compaq 286E
Date: 1995/06/21
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