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From: mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Meir)
Subject: Re: Problems with fdformat.exe (v1.7)
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Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1991 01:41:44 GMT

In article <1991Jun18.161522.10790@fcom.cc.utah.edu> prasad@cc.utah.edu writes:
>
>I ftp'd fdform17.zip from wuarchive.wustl.edu.  The archive integrity is OK.
>BUT...
>fdformat crashes my system (AT -286 running 4-dos, dos 3.3)
>If i run it without arguments, I get the help messages -> no crash
>If i run it with junk arguments, I get a run-time error -> no crash
>If i run it with valid arguments -> glorious crash.
>
>I tried running it 	with/without fdread
>			with/without himem.sys,smartdrv.sys
>
>Can anyone help me out
>Thanks in advance
>Prasad

fdformat version 17 (English) locks my Packard Bell 286/12 in all 
computer configurations I tried.  I replaced the fdformat program with
version 16, which works fine, but am now using fdread ver 17.

BTW, fdformat16 appears to have problems if you interrupt it while it is
formatting a 1.72 Meg disk.

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