5 Mar
2005
5 Mar
'05
8:48 p.m.
Randy McLaughlin wrote:
8" drives have 77 tracks, PC-DOS uses 40 or 80
tracks. Only the 80
track mode (5.25" HD - 1.2mb) comes close.
Trying to use 80 tracks can destroy your drive.
STOP IT!!!!
Or, use a program like FDFORMAT to format your disks with /t:77. But yes,
don't use DOS format if it won't take a non-40/80 argument.