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From: zama@ellis.uchicago.edu (iftikhar uz zaman)
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Subject: Re: Need to disable A: and B: (similar (?) question)
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I have an XT with space for only two drives.  I have decided that I'd
like to keep a 3.5" 720K and my HD.   Problem: When I hook the 3.5"
in to the final connection on the FD controller cable it shows up
as drive A: but it can only format the 720K disks as 360K ones.
When I hook it up to the middle connector on the FD controller cable,
I have no A:, and drive d: works as a 720K drive just fine (I use
driver.sys, DOS 3.3).

Is there a way to get the 3.5" drive to be the A: drive *and* format
the 3.5" disks at 720K?

E-mail if this is too stupid a question to have been asked on the
net...

Thanks a lot.

Iftikhar