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From: fozzard@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Richard Fozzard)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: 800k/FDHD -More Problems
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Date: 27 Oct 89 22:23:52 GMT
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In article <5756@shlump.nac.dec.com> phil@vaxphw.enet.dec.com (Phil Hunt) writes:
>   I have a Mac II that has both an FDHD and an 800k floppy in it.  Last
>night, while trying to initialize some 800k disks in the FDHD drive, I got
>the dreaded 'Initializtion failed' message.  It always occured on the 
>second 'thunk' during 'Verify Format'....I took the disks and initted them
>fine in the 800k drive (Yes, they really are DSDD disks, not HD disks).
>
>Then I put files on them, and put them in the FDHD drive and it could read
>them! 
>
This is an exact description of the problems we have had here with both
a MacIIx and SE/30. I have a number (~20)disks (DSDD) that consistently
format fine on a MacII or SE, but fail on the FDHDs. I too would like
to know if Apple recognizes this problem and has a fix.



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