Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!sun-barr!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ncar!ames!amdahl!key!beep!kris From: kris@beep.UUCP (Huh?) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: Format problems Message-ID: <120@beep.UUCP> Date: 5 Dec 90 20:36:27 GMT References: <113@beep.UUCP> <1990Dec4.183016.13226@Solbourne.COM> Distribution: comp Organization: The William Shatner School of Acting Lines: 45 In article <1990Dec4.183016.13226@Solbourne.COM>, polo@hagar.Solbourne.COM (Dave Polakowski) writes: >In article <113@beep.UUCP> kris@beep.UUCP (Port'naybl) writes: >> Here is what I have on my XT clone's 3.5 inch floppy (720K). >> device=driver.sys /d:1 /c /f:2 /h:2 /s:9 /t:80. > ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ >Can someone tell me what these parameters do? I figured out that >/s: is the sectors and /t: is the number of tracks, but what about >the rest? Are there any others? Thanks loads. /d: physical drive number-- floppy disks start at 00H fixed disks start at 80H /h: is number of heads /n: means "non-removable media" [like a hard disk, I guess] /s: is number of sectors /t: is number of tracks /c "change-line (door-lock) supported" /f: "form-factor index"-- "f" means 0 320/360Kbytes 1 1.2Mbytes 2 720Kbytes 3 8-inch single desnity 4 8-inch double density 5 Hard disk 6 Tape drive 7 other The manual says "/h:" is the "highest head number". By experimentation I determined that "/h:" is actually "number of heads". I havn't been able to get "/c" to work here on beep. This is from my MS-DOS 3.2 manual Appendix C pages 263-264. Also, my 3.5-inch floppy is accessed in 720K mode as drive e: and in 360K mode as drive b: -- Kris key!beep!kris -OR- woodowl!beep!kris "For men without women are like fish without water to swim in; Was (Not Was) their eyes bugging out, they flop on the beach "Shadow & Jimmy" and stare up at the girls who are just out of reach."