Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!sdd.hp.com!decwrl!sgi!silvlis.com!jimb From: jimb@silvlis.com (Jim Budler) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: Format floppy disks Message-ID: <1990Sep5.052001.2360@silvlis.com> Date: 5 Sep 90 05:20:01 GMT References: <1990Aug27.110119.2908@hellgate.utah.edu> <90243.104636CXT105@psuvm.psu.edu> Sender: usenet@silvlis.com (USENET news maint) Reply-To: jimb@silvlis.com (Jim Budler) Organization: Silvar-Lisco,Inc. Sunnyvale Ca. Lines: 14 In article <90243.104636CXT105@psuvm.psu.edu> CXT105@psuvm.psu.edu (Christopher Tate) writes: >Hold down the command, option, caps-lock, and tab keys while inserting the >disk. (You may also have to hold down shift; I don't remember offhand.) >This forces the Mac to bring up the disk initialization dialog, whether or >not the disk is readable. Command-Option-Tab Caps-Lock isn't needed. -- Jim Budler jimb@silvlis.com +1.408.991.6061 Silvar-Lisco, Inc. 703 E. Evelyn Ave. Sunnyvale, Ca. 94086