Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!spool.mu.edu!olivea!uunet!stanford.edu!leland.Stanford.EDU!rstanton From: rstanton@leland.Stanford.EDU (Richard Stanton) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: FDFORM17.ZIP - Floppy disk formatter - up to 1.8 mb per disk! Message-ID: <1991Jun21.180631.25600@leland.Stanford.EDU> Date: 21 Jun 91 18:06:31 GMT References: <7EC1B16060603144@rulcri.LeidenUniv.nl> <11230003@hplsla.HP.COM> <1991Jun21.030228.14509@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au> Organization: Stanford GSB Lines: 13 In article <1991Jun21.030228.14509@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au> rcotl@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (Tim Liddelow [The Mad Monk]) writes: >I have NEVER had any problems using FDREAD/FDFORMAT. If others have, I would >like to hear it. > >-- When I tried using MS SMARTDRV (spelling?), every time I tried to access my floppy drive, the first time I got the abort, retry, ignore message. If I typed "r", everything worked fine. This seemed to happen every time I inserted a new disk. With PC-CACHE, I have noticed no problems. Richard Stanton