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From: pryor@uunet.UUCP (Paul Pryor)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: larger density disks
Summary: BIOS 'bug' related to larger density disks
Message-ID: <243@imspw6.uunet.UUCP>
Date: 8 Feb 90 20:44:01 GMT
References: <7929@lindy.Stanford.EDU>
Reply-To: pryor@imspw6.UUCP (Paul Pryor)
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Organization: IMS, Rockville, MD
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In article <7929@lindy.Stanford.EDU> (Richard Stanton) writes:
>
>You can in principle use the DOS SYS command. However, most machines
>require you to have the memory resident program FDREAD.EXE installed
>before they will read the HD disks formatted with 18 sectors per
>track, so if this is the case you won't be able to boot from this
>disk.
> ...etc...
>Richard Stanton

After reading the documentation that came with 800kb.arc (available on
SIMTEL), I was led to believe that some BIOS had bug which prevented
one from using 800kb disks without the TSR program.

So I tried 800fmt without using the supplied TSR program, and got a clean
format, and DOS was able to read and write to the new format without
difficulties. So I believe my BIOS (AWARD) does not have the bug.

I was wondering if anyone who has 96 tpi drive could tell us if they
also had to use TSR or not, and also to indicate their BIOS, and version,
if possible.

Thanks !!!

Paul.
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Paul T. Pryor (uunet!imspw6!pryor)
Integrated Microcomputer Systems, INC. Rockville, MD