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From: apr@lzaz.UUCP (A.PROCTOR)
Newsgroups: net.micro,net.micro.trs-80
Subject: Re: formatting ST506 winchesters (naive question)
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Date: Mon, 31-Mar-86 15:19:11 EST
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Summary: Determinig cluster size on Tandy 2000


I was very interested to read the reply to the original posting. It
spoke of using FDISK as part of the procedure to install a hard disk
on the Tandy 2000.

I have been trying to change the cluster size on my Tandy 2000, 10
meg hard disk for some time now, to no avail. The cluster size is
defaulting to 8K and causing me to waste half of my hard disk space!
(my average size file is 4K and using the minimum cluster size
wastes 4K everytime).

I have read on former postings on the net that installing my hard
disk with FDISK would automatically change my cluster size to 4K.
That's great, but the MSDOS 2.11 that comes on the Tandy 2000
doesn't seem to have the command FDISK. Did I miss something?

I have also tried the technical	reference manual on MSDOS.
It speaks about a minimum allocation	unit  on  the  boot sector,
but  changing  this  to	 half  its hex value  and re-formatting 
had no effect.

      Thank you for any help you can give.

Arnold Proctor
14 Lisa Ct  RD # 1
Matawan, NJ 07747
(201) 576-2403