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From: dhesi@bsu-cs.UUCP (Rahul Dhesi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Writing/formatting 360k disks on 1.2M drive
Message-ID: <5867@bsu-cs.UUCP>
Date: 23 Feb 89 16:14:30 GMT
References: <3347@stiatl.UUCP>
Reply-To: dhesi@bsu-cs.UUCP (Rahul Dhesi)
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In article <3347@stiatl.UUCP> todd@stiatl.UUCP (Todd Merriman) writes:
>My AT-clone writes 360k disks (on a 1.2M drive) that cannot be read by my 
>XT-clone, even though I formatted the disks on the XT.
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

This is the problem.  Bulk-erase two disks, a regular DS/DS disk, and a
high-density disk.  Format both for 360K on the AT.  Write the same
data to both on the AT.  It's a 99.99% chance that your XT will be able
to read at least one of them.

The bulk-erase part is important.  You can bulk-erase a disk by keeping
it in its jacket and stroking it with a magnet thoroughly in many
different directions.
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Rahul Dhesi         UUCP:  <backbones>!{iuvax,pur-ee}!bsu-cs!dhesi
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