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From: ESR@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU (Ed Russell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: 1.44 Meg Floppy in IBM AT
Message-ID: <90303.153059ESR@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>
Date: 30 Oct 90 23:30:59 GMT
References: <1990Oct29.195122.3957@ecn.purdue.edu>
Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
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In response to:

>From: rob@bank.ecn.purdue.edu (David L Roberts)
>Subject: 1.44 Meg Floppy in IBM AT
>Message-ID: <1990Oct29.195122.3957@ecn.purdue.edu>
>Date: 29 Oct 90 19:51:22 GMT
>
>I am trying to install a 1.44 meg floppy in a IBM AT, however the
>setup doesn't support it, it only supports the 1.2 Meg floppy.
>Has anyone done this before?  The machine has DOS 3.10 installed
>on it.  Maybe it needs a special driver, and/or BIOS upgrade, and/or
>a DOOS upgrade.  Any IDEAS?

If I recall, DOS 3.1 does not have support for 3.5" floppy drives.  You
will AT LEAST need to upgrade to 3.2/3.3.  There could be other problems
too depending on the BIOS or controller you're using but you should try
upgrading DOS first.