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Re: Floppy disk formats

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On 9/28/11 8:08 PM, Ari Feldman wrote:
> On 2011-09-28 11:21:16 -0400, Ken Springer said:
>
>> On 9/28/11 8:43 AM, Jammer wrote:
>>> Can't you just format a floppy in the gateway,
>>> format a: /s
>>> from memory that creates a bootable floppy.
>>
>> I could, but that wouldn't answer my question.  :-)
>>
>> I'd like to definitively find out the *exact* format of an IBM
>> formatted floppy, so I can be sure I've followed the BIOS instructions
>> to the letter.
>
> Hi Ken,
>
> You can try this page for reference:
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/75131
>
> Given that the "IBM" format is actually an MS-DOS format, I think
> you're safe here. As you may know, early versions of TOS could read IBM
> discs but not format them due to a difference in the number of FAT
> entries. I seem to recall the ST wrote 5 and MS-DOS used 2...
>
> Hope this helps...

Hi, Ari,

Thank for that link, I've bookmarked it.  :-)

Have you seen it, in writing as part of an official type document, that 
the IBM format is simply an MS_DOS format disk?

I'm not saying it isn't, but with this very obviously obscure issue with 
this computer, I'm leaving nothing, absolutely nothing, to chance.

I was thinking the ST wrote a 0, but I don't really know.  I know I 
always used a little utility to change the byte, and I'm thinking the 
utility came from Little Green Footballs.

Sure wish getting my TT and Hades back up and running would migrate 
faster to the top of the to do list!   LOL


-- 
Ken

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  Re: Floppy disk formats Jammer <meva90@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-09-28 15:43 +0100
    Re: Floppy disk formats Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2011-09-28 09:21 -0600
      Re: Floppy disk formats Ari Feldman <ari1970ster@gmail.com> - 2011-09-28 22:08 -0400
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          Re: Floppy disk formats charlie <charles.copp@sympatico.ca> - 2011-09-29 16:32 -0700
          Re: Floppy disk formats Ari Feldman <ari1970ster@gmail.com> - 2011-09-29 23:04 -0400
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