Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ncc!alberta!mathur
From: mathur@alberta.UUCP (Ambrish Mathur)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Formatting 3.5" DS/DD to 1.44MB on Zenith 286-LP
Keywords: HD, 3.5" disks, Zenith
Message-ID: <2004@pembina.UUCP>
Date: 25 Jan 89 20:29:28 GMT
Organization: U. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
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I have recently been using the Zenith 286-LP AT-compatible
with a 3.5" disk drive and MSDOS 3.3+. I can't seem to
format a DS/DD 3.5" disk to 1.44MB even with the /t and /n
parameters. On an IBM PS/2 this is possible (DOS 4.0). 
While the Zenith system supports 1.44MB for HD disks, it does 
not seem to allow this for the DS/DD disks although the
manual vaguely hints this is possible. Is the check for 
HD disks a software feature? If it is I don't see why 
the 1.44MB formatting should be disallowed on the normal
DS/DD disks since PS/2 's do allow it. Do any Zenith
users know more about this? Any info on this problem/feature
would be welcome. Please reply by e-mail. Thanks in advance.
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Ambrish Mathur
mathur@alberta.uucp