Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!charon!mdvries From: mdvries@cwi.nl (Michiel de Vries) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: Formatting a 1.44 MB disk to 720 kB...how? Message-ID: <3554@charon.cwi.nl> Date: 17 May 91 10:01:00 GMT References: <1991May16.220514.23423@ariel.unm.edu> Sender: news@cwi.nl Lines: 23 pmwenzel@ziggurat.gg.caltech.edu (Pete Wenzel) writes: >>Just that...how? >> drive B: is a high-density 3.5" microfloppy. Can this be done? [Formatting a 1.44 MB disk to 720 kB] >I find that FORMAT B: /T:80 /N:9 does the trick. This didn't work for me; disk are "original" 720k disk, so no HD hole. I added a "DEVICE=DRIVER.SYS ...." (don't have the parameters here) line to my config.sys. I do now "FORMAT E:" for 720 k flop's (still no HD holes!). Both 720k & 1.44M disks can be read in drive B: & E: P.S. I am surprised this issue isn't in the FAQ's. -- Michiel *** mdvries@cwi.nl Michiel de Vries, CWI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Room: M133, Tel: (+31)020-592.4114