From: Adam Quantrill (aquantrill_at_scigen.co.uk)
Date: Fri Nov 12 1999 - 04:21:47 EST
Well the 2.88 drive in my 755C doesn't 'sense' the hole, or the driver doesn't object. My boot floppy for linux (that's another story) is a HD one formatted to 2.88 by me under DOS so I can have a few DOS utils or other files on it.
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Subject: Re: 2.88 meg floppy
Author: MIME:Bill Morrow <penzance_at_icanect.net> at INTERNET
Date: 11/12/99 5:47 AM
The 2.88meg floppies use "ED" diskettes..
the square hole is offset from the more ordinary "HD" floppy diskettes.. so i doubt giving an argument to a format command in DOS will work..
a hole punch might work though.. :-)
Adam Quantrill wrote:
> Yes.
>
> You can specify the exact density as an arg to the format command. >
> Format will format an already formatted floppy to the same density as it was to start with, by default. As a lot of floppies are pre-formatted these days, you might need to use the argument.
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> Subject: Re: 2.88 meg floppy
> Author: MIME:"Allan" <aballard_at_ix.netcom.com> at INTERNET > Date: 11/11/99 12:21 PM
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> I have a 2.88 Mb drive on my 760CD, but don't know how to use it <s>. Do these drives format regular 1.44 disks to 2.88?
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> On Thu, 11 Nov 1999 12:15:37 +0000, Adam Quantrill wrote: >
> >No idea, but I've got a 2.88 on a 755C, but presumably just a 1.44 on a 755CX.
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> >Subject: 2 meg floppy
> >Author: MIME:"Rat Boy" <titanium_rat_at_hotmail.com> at INTERNET >Date: 11/11/99 11:29 AM
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> >
> >Whatever happened to the 2Meg 3 1/2 inch floppy drive? Does IBM still offer that on their laptops?
> >
> >Jimmy
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