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From: schuster@panix.uucp (Michael Schuster)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: 1.4M floppy on IBM AT
Message-ID: <1991Jun20.212812.3165@panix.uucp>
Date: 20 Jun 91 21:28:12 GMT
References: <1991Jun18.145457.28629@cec1.wustl.edu>
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In article <1991Jun18.145457.28629@cec1.wustl.edu> arlo@wucs1.wustl.edu (Arlo T. Hasselbring) writes:
>I am trying to install a 1.4M floppy on an IBM AT.  The setup only
>allows for a 1.2M floppy.  I identified the 1.4 floppy as a 1.2 in
>setup, and it seemed to work okay at first.  In formatting floppies,
>it would only give me 1.2M of space, which is fine, and it seemed
>to read and write to both 1.4M and 720 floppies okay.  However, now
>it is only reading and writing intermittently.  It looks to me like
>it is a timing problem.  Does anyone know how to install a 1.4M
>floppy on an IBM AT?


What is the date of your BIOS?
The 11/15/85 BIOS will work with a 1.44 is you use a third-party setup
program like GSETUP, and tell it that you have a 1.44.



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