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From: wehr@fmsrl7.UUCP (Bruce Wehr )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: floppy drive for 9000/300?
Message-ID: <40388@fmsrl7.UUCP>
Date: 19 Apr 91 17:40:35 GMT
References: <TT.91Apr18112434@tarzan.jyu.fi> <7370373@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM>
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In article <7370373@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM>, rjn@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Bob Niland) writes:
> 
> If you don't have SoftPC, formatting DOS floppies on HP-UX is a little
> tricky, but can be done (I have an article).

I've breifly thought about how to do this. I've never tried it, but how
about this:

	Ahead of time, get a freshly formatted DOS floppy and either dd
	or cat the contents onto an HPUX file. This saves the file
	system data.

	When you need a DOS formatted floppy, mediainit it with the
	proper switches to create 512 byte sectors (mediainit -f2 -i2
	for a 9122, I think).  Then, dd or cat your previous "file
	system" file back to the floppy.

This wouldn't spare any bad sectors, but I think it would work. I'd
love to get a copy of your article, if that's possible.

Thanks.
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