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From: larrys@watson.ibm.com
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Subject: Re: HPFS on a Floppy ?
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Date: 7 Jun 91 13:28:11 GMT
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In <13201@aggie.ucdavis.edu>, s142029@fred.ucdavis.edu writes:
>
>
>    I am just wandering, since I haven't read the manual, but is it possible
>to format a floppy with HPFS on it ?  I have tried
>
>    FORMAT A:/FS:HPFS
>
>    But it says
>
>    SYS0530 : You must specify the fixed disk drive
>
>    So, I am wandering if it is possible.  If it is not, why don't IBM
>let us have it.  If we can format a floppy with UNIX (on the NeXT), why can't
>we do it with OS/2 HPFS.

It can't be done.  Many IBMer's griped about this also, but to no avail.
I do not know if this will change in 2.0 .

Cheers,
Larry Salomon, Jr. (aka 'Q')            LARRYS@YKTVMV.BITNET
OS/2 Applications and Tools             larrys@ibmman.watson.ibm.com
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center         larrys@eng.clemson.edu
Yorktown Heights, NY

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