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From: berger@clio.las.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: formatting 3.5' disks
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Date: 6 Sep 88 21:45:00 GMT
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Nf-From: clio.las.uiuc.edu!berger    Sep  6 16:45:00 1988


That's a tough one.  Most of the 3.5" drives I've seen ignore the extra
hole entirely.  In most cases, formatting is strictly a software option.
But some drives do read that hole, so there's no guarantee for any
particular system.

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

			berger@clio.las.uiuc.edu
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