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From: landry@apollo.uucp (Chris Landry)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: a question about formatting floppies
Message-ID: <36e6247a.86c0@apollo.uucp>
Date: Wed, 26-Aug-87 08:59:00 EDT
Article-I.D.: apollo.36e6247a.86c0
Posted: Wed Aug 26 08:59:00 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 28-Aug-87 04:45:28 EDT
Organization: Apollo Computer, Chelmsford, Mass.
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I have a Leading Edge model M with an add-on external hard disk.
It seems to be very ibm compatible and I've had no problems
running any software or booting from the hard disk.

Something funny happens when I try to format floppies.

If I enter...           format b:       # to create a non-system diskette
the response is...      Vers 2.11
                        Insert new disk in drive B:
                        and press any key when ready
and it formats with no problem.

If I enter...           format b: /s    # to create a system diskette
the response is...      Vers 2.11
                        Insert DOS disk in drive A:
                        and press any key when ready
If I do what it says
I then get the message...
                        Insert new disk in drive B:
                        and press any key when ready

It formats ok but its sort of a pain to dig out my DOS disk.

Why is it asking for a DOS disk????

The PATH is set to a directory which contains all
the MS-DOS 2.11 system files supplied with the machine.

Could this be my first compatibilty problem?
Anybody got any theories?
-- 
    Chris Landry        Apollo Computer, Chelmsford MA
    landry@apollo.uucp