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Article #370Re: Format: Track 0 Bad ... until you reboot!
From: Gary Woodman
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 07:27
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 07:27
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In article <bondir.34.0@vaxb.gbus.virginia.edu> bondir@vaxb.gbus.virginia.edu writes: >In both dos 3.3 and 5.0, on a Novell 2.15 network, running format gives the >track zero error on all disks. If you reboot, which includes loading all >the network drivers, and immediately try format again, it works fine! Can >anyone explain this? Could you be loading a TSR after the AUTOEXEC completes? There used to be a problem (up to DOS 4 I think, don't know about DOS 5) with FORMAT where it would give the track zero error if "the DMA buffer spanned a 64K segment boundary". If you aren't loading a TSR, try loading one (or more, of different sizes). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary.Woodman@anu.edu.au This post made from 100% recycled electrons.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!manuel!anu.edu.au!Gary.Woodman From: Gary.Woodman@anu.edu.au (Gary Woodman) Subject: Re: Format: Track 0 Bad ... until you reboot! Message-ID: <Gary.Woodman.558.712308452@anu.edu.au> Sender: news@newshost.anu.edu.au Organization: Computer Services Centre, Australian National University References: <bondir.34.0@vaxb.gbus.virginia.edu> Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 07:27:32 GMT Lines: 17