19 Aug
2007
19 Aug
'07
9:39 p.m.
Chuck Guzis wrote:
Well, DOS 6.x had the /f switch on the FORMAT
command--which told DOS
to forget about trying to read the disk, just format it. I believe
that DOS 7.x ignores /f. And for DOS, there are always third-party
formatters.
I think you're referring to the /u switch, not /f. /f was used as a
shortcut to the size (ie. /F:720 was the same as /T:80 /N:9)
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