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In article <1104@neoucom.UUCP> wtm@neoucom.UUCP (Bill Mayhew) writes:
>Note that IBM PS/2s have integral support for 1.44 meg, and don't
>require DRIVER.SYS.  I have a PS/2 model 80, and it insists on
>formatting even 720K disks as 1.44 meg.  Maybe it needs a DRIVER.SYS
>running to go to the low density mode for formatting.  The PS/2
>seems to correctly sense the density of disks that have already
>been formatted some place else.  By the way, for the record, I
>don't recommend formatting 720K disks for 1.44 meg.
>
>Grrrrr.
>
>--Bill

You can use options on with FORMAT for 720K diskettes.  I don't have a DOS
manual right here, but it's something like FORMAT /T:80 /N:9.  I have a
1.44 Meg (using a driver from BASTECH since my BIOS is too old for even
DRIVER.SYS), which is also set to D:.  I use ASSIGN to set it to B which
works for everything except FORMAT and CHKDSK (both 1.44 and 720 are 
addressable by either B: or D:.  The only thing I really hate about this
setup is that the Bastech driver is copy protected.  If anybody out there
has seen any non copy protected 3.5" drivers, please tell me by e-mail.
It's the only copy protected software on my system and I want it off.

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