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From: hb@vpnet.chi.il.us (hank barta)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: Formatting 3.5 inch floppies on 386 Xenix
Keywords: floppies, formatting
Message-ID: <269e5d55-5cd.2comp.unix.xenix-1@vpnet.chi.il.us>
Date: 14 Jul 90 01:55:05 GMT
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>>problems with verify following format on 3 1/2 drive on Xenix


I don't know if this helps, but I had the same problem (under SCO Unix)
when I formatted the default device which had been linked to the 5 1/4
disk node. It wouldn't seem like the case since the original poster
explicitly referenced the 3 1/2 device. (However that wouldn't have stopped
me, since during my installation of the 3 1/2 drive I managed to link my
3 1/2 device node to the default 5 1/4 node :-) (Indicentally, the major
and minor device numbers for fd1135ds18 are 2,61. I don't know if they're
the same for Xenix)

I also know somebody who had a similar problem until they properly defined
the 2nd drive as a 3 1/2 drive on the CMOS setup.

hank

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