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From: emmo@moncam.co.uk (Dave Emmerson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Formatting Disks in strange format on AT
Summary: Yes.
Message-ID: <409@marvin.moncam.co.uk>
Date: 4 Feb 90 22:10:00 GMT
References: <1405@iraun1.ira.uka.de|
Organization: Monotype ADG, Cambridge, UK
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In article <1405@iraun1.ira.uka.de|, tremmel@iraun2.ira.uka.de (Wolfgang Tremmel) writes:
| Hi!
| Can anybody tell me if it's possible (and how) to format a disk on an
| AT in the following format:
| 		80 Tracks
| 		18 Sectors / Track
| 	       512 Byte / Sector
| 

Those are standard parameters for 3.5 inch Quad-density (HD) drives on 
an AT. If your controller recognises the 1.44Mb 3.5 inch type of drive,
then just set it up for that. If it only knows about 1.2MB 5.25 inch drives,
you'll have to replace it. "Setting up" may involve switches, links or
the CMOS RAM configuration (either by a holding a certain key down while
booting, or by running a setup.exe/com program) - check your manuals.
If you're trying to get 18 sectors/track on a 5.25 inch drive, give up,
you'll have to hack the hardware about as well as the software.

Dave E.