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Subject: Re: problems formatting floppies with FileMan
Keywords: formatting, File Manager, floppy
From: aew@eosvcr.wimsey.bc.ca (Alan Walford)
Distribution: world
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References: <334@ararat.cs.utexas.edu>
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 91 12:05:03 PST
Organization: Eos Systems Inc, Vancouver, B.C., Canada

colaluca@cs.utexas.edu (Mark Colaluca) writes:

> 
>  I have been having a difficult time formatting floppies using File Manager.
   [etc...]

I have also had a lot of trouble with File Manager formated floppies.
I have a Toshiba 5200/100 with 3.5" floppy. I have gone back to using
DOS only format command for formatting. Seems much more reliable.

Alan W.