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From: enzerinkp@topaz.ucq.edu.au (Peter Enzerink, UCCQ, Australia.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Formatting a 1.44 MB disk to 720 kB - easy!
Message-ID: <1991May18.123021.7256@topaz.ucq.edu.au>
Date: 18 May 91 03:25:37 GMT
References: <1991May16.220514.23423@ariel.unm.edu>
Organization: University College of Central Queensland, Australia
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In article <1991May16.220514.23423@ariel.unm.edu>, ee5391aa@triton.unm.edu (Duke McMullan n5gax) writes:
> Just that...how?  For background, I have a 12MHz `286 box, which runs messdos
> 3.3 with 4dos.  Drive A: is a high-density 5.25" floppy; drive B: is a high-
> density 3.5" microfloppy.  Can this be done?  Am I staring right through the
> answer, which is sitting right there in the doc.s for all to see?
> 
> 						Thanks,
> 						    d

What's wrong with simply:

>FORMAT b: /4

Works for me in a panasonic and chinon 3 1/2 drive!

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