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From: whitney@husc4.HARVARD.EDU (glen whitney)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: AT formatting problem
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Date: Fri, 31-Jul-87 11:56:17 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 31 11:56:17 1987
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In article <2501@tekgvs.TEK.COM> toma@tekgvs.UUCP (Tom Almy) writes:
>In article <2598@husc6.UUCP> whitney@husc4.UUCP (glen whitney) writes:
>>
>>	Let me clarify my original posting.  My problem is as follows:
>>When I boot up MS-DOS 3.2, and try to format a high-capacity disk in a high-
>>capacity drive (a:) with 'format a:', DOS gets to the second head on cylinder
>>0, then prints 'Parameters invalid;.  ... 
>>Then I tried rebooting and using PC-DOS 3.1.
>>Surprise, surprise, PC-DOS 3.1 formats with no problem. 
>
>There is a bug in MS-DOS 3.2 that is apparently fixed in version 3.21.

	If this is the case, is there a patch to MS-DOS 3.2 to fix this?  I
remember that about a month or more ago, someone gave a reason for the problem,
and a way around it.  The reason he gave had something to do with the amount of
free memory.  If anyone could reproduce this article, or remember the person 
name or solution, I would greatly appreciate it.
		Wayne Whitney
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