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Article #5967Re: FDFORMAT and 1.2-meg disks
From: lonews lonews
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1992 13:57
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1992 13:57
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sknkwrks@sonny-boy.cs.unlv.edu (Scott Alfter) writes: [deleted] >However, the formatting process freezes early on whenever you try to >put more than the usual 15 sectors per track on a disk. (Yes, I am >using real high-density disks.) [deleted] >It freezes on track 79, head 1...it keeps trying to format and never >tries to verify and move on to the next (previous) track. Anybody >have a clue as to why this happens? Did you load the FDREAD-TSR from the FDFORMAT-Package ?? Do a RTFM on the table in the manual for which format-types this TSR is needed. -jk
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!pacbell.com!decwrl!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!europa.asd.contel.com!paladin.american.edu!news.univie.ac.at!hp4at!mcsun!Germany.EU.net!.abg!lonews From: lonews@.abg (lonews) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: FDFORMAT and 1.2-meg disks Message-ID: <2212@oss1.abg.psi.DE> Date: 5 Nov 92 13:57:34 GMT References: <SKNKWRKS.92Nov3214535@sonny-boy.cs.unlv.edu> Organization: PSI Boschweg 6 8750 Aschaffenburg Lines: 17