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From: HBO043%DJUKFA11.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (Christoph van Wuellen)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Multiformat floppies Was: ST Minix 1.5 floppy driver and
Message-ID: <41248@nigel.ee.udel.edu>
Date: 9 Jan 91 16:39:59 GMT
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The standard disk format on my 68K MINIX box is:
5 sectors 1024 Bytes each, 80 Tracks, 2 sides.  = 800KB

/dev/fd0..3 correspond to 4 drives

/dev/fd4..7 correspond to the same drives, but to th standard 720K format.

Other formats should not be used: 10 Sectors of 512 Bytes are too long
in my opinion (require a drive with little tolerance on the rot. speed),
AND I WONDER HOW SOMEONE CAN CALL A FORMAT WITH MORE THAN 80 TRACKS 'SAFE'!!!

C.v.W.