19 Jan
2005
19 Jan
'05
2:57 a.m.
From: "Fred Cisin" <cisin(a)xenosoft.com>
On Mon, 17 Jan 2005, Jim Leonard wrote:
> Yep. DOS had only one quirk, though: If you wanted to format a 720K disk in
a
> 1440K drive, you had to specifically tell DOS to
format as 720K. Otherwise,
it
assumes
you're going for 1.4, attempts it, and fails. You can choose /f:720
with later versions of DOS; use "/t:80 /n:9" for 3.x.
/F:2 would also work for some versions.
With XP, /T:80/N:9 seems to be the only way that still works!
19 Jan
19 Jan
7:31 a.m.
>> assumes you're going for 1.4, attempts
it, and fails. You can choose /f:720
>> with later versions of DOS; use "/t:80 /n:9" for 3.x.
>/F:2 would also work for some versions.
>With XP, /T:80/N:9 seems to be the only way that still works!
On Wed, 19 Jan
2005, Dwight K. Elvey wrote:
Hi Fred
Are you using a fresh disk or one that has already been
formatted once before? I've seen it do this as well
but never explored it much to see if a blank disk would
still work.
blank, new, used,...
In XP, it gave an "unrecognized switch/option" type message for
ALL of the possible ways to format a 720K EXCEPT "/T:80 /N:9"
When formatting from the "desktop", the only choice for disk type was 1.4
11:50 a.m.
Fred Cisin wrote:
blank, new, used,...
In XP, it gave an "unrecognized switch/option" type message for
ALL of the possible ways to format a 720K EXCEPT "/T:80 /N:9"
When formatting from the "desktop", the only choice for disk type was 1.4
I concur. Although XP claims to support /f:720, it does not actually work!
You have to use /t:80 /n:9 to format DSDD 3.5" disks in XP. Lovely.
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