Re: 2.88 meg floppy

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From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Sat Nov 13 1999 - 00:30:37 EST

why am i unsurprised.. ! :-)

Adam Quantrill wrote:

> 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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> Author: MIME:Bill Morrow <penzance_at_icanect.net> at INTERNET
> Date: 11/12/99 5:47 AM
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> 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.. :-)
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**SNIP** 

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