formatting 330MB drive

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From: Stephen Tenbrink
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1991 16:07

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We have just received a 330 MB drive (IDE interface) and have installed it
into a 386 box.  When I installed DOS 4.0 on it using the IBM install disk
it only formatted 88 MB of the disk.  Is there any way I can format and
access the full capacity of the drive?

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From: sct@lanl.gov (Stephen Tenbrink)
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Subject: formatting 330MB drive
Keywords: 330 MB
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Date: 19 Mar 91 16:07:42 GMT
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