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From: slerner@sesame.UUCP (Simcha-Yitzchak Lerner)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: Problems with ms-dos 3.0
Message-ID: <306@sesame.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 25-Aug-85 01:11:44 EDT
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Posted: Sun Aug 25 01:11:44 1985
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> 
> 	Second, the format utility that came with it has a strange
> bug.  After it finishes formatting a diskette it hangs the system,
> forcing me to reboot.  Luckily, I still have the DOS 2.1 disk that
> came with my system and copied the format utility off of it, and it
> works. It is also about 25% smaller, so I suspect it is lacking
> something the newer version has. Anyone have any ideas on this?
> -- 
> 
If your format crashes, I suggest you send your disks back, most
likely they were damaged in shippment.

RE: DOS 3 format vs dos 2 - Support for 16 bit fats on hard disks
may have something to do with added size,,,also, Compaq most likely
does the same as IBM - makes one HUGE program (or OS for that matter)
that will run on all of their machines (generally via test&branch on
ROM ID)..so it is a little slower and a LOT bigger, but is easier on
the inventory control program :-)


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