Re: HFS on 400K disks ?

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From: nicky
Date: Sun, 31 Jul 1988 22:58

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> Is there a way to format an 800K disk with *MFS*? I vaguely remember
>being able to do this with the caps lock key held down, or some other
>arcane key sequence... currently, if I need an 800K MFS disk, I have
>to blow the dust off an old System 2.0 floppy and reboot. (Why do I
>need 800K MFS disks?  1: to "maintain compatibility" with some brain-
>damaged programs I still like to use;  2: to aid in recovering trashed
>directories with Fedit, by bit copying a 'fresh' 800K MFS directory
>to the trashed disk.)
>
>-- 
>==========      .......     ==========================================
>Ken McLeod     :.     .:    uucp: {trwrb hplabs}!felix!dhw68k!thecloud
>==========    :::.. ..:::   InterNet: thecloud@dhw68k.cts.com
>                 ////       ==========================================

Not only that, but MFS disks are the only MAC OS-formatted disks that
A/UX can recognize.

NP
nicky@cup.portal.com
	or try these:
sun!cup.portal.com!nicky
sun.com!cup.portal.com!nicky
sun!portal!cup.portal.com!nicky

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Subject: Re: HFS on 400K disks ?
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Date: 31 Jul 88 22:58:50 GMT
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