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From: mikep@hydra.unm.edu (Mike Prine CIRT)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Formatting floppies & Filemanager
Keywords: format, floppies, filemanager
Message-ID: <1991Feb01.190422.20009@ariel.unm.edu>
Date: 1 Feb 91 19:04:22 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
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Don't seem to find this info in the FAQ file I have from january so 
thought I'd pass it along. Any drive you can format from DOS, outside of
windows, without adding parameters like /T ot /N, can be formatted from
the filemanager menus. Someone may have a counter example but I have 
found that adding a DEVICE=DRIVER.SYS /D:# /F:# line n config.sys allows 
me to access the drive in DOS or Windows without problem. The /D:# parameter
tell it which floppy you are talking about 0=A,1=B,2=(?D on mine)... and
/F:# specifies the density 0=360K,1=1.2M,3=720K.

Just incase it matters I'm running on an IBM PS/2 55sx with 2Meg extended 
memory and IBM DOS Version 4.01, A 1.44Meg standard floppy on drive A and
a CMS 1.2Meg external floppy on drive B.

Hope this helps someone.
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Michael Lee Prine
IRC (Information Resource Center) consultant
Internet:	mikep@hydra.unm.edu