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From: berger@clio.las.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Bios upgrade for old AT
Message-ID: <16800234@clio>
Date: 14 Mar 88 22:53:00 GMT
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Nf-From: clio.las.uiuc.edu!berger    Mar 14 16:53:00 1988


I wouldn't rely on the dealer.  Even if he formats it for you, there's
no guarantee his disk controller will be compatible with yours, that
he'll use a suitable interleave factor, or that he'll enter the list
of bad sectors.  Doing it yourself is the safest way.

			Mike Berger
			Department of Statistics 
			Science, Technology, and Society
			University of Illinois 

			berger@clio.las.uiuc.edu
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