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From: RMC@psuvm.psu.edu (Ron Crandall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: PS/2 formatting woes
Message-ID: <90052.155324RMC@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 21 Feb 90 20:53:24 GMT
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In article <3980@rouge.usl.edu>, pcb@gator.cacs.usl.edu (Peter C. Bahrs) says:
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>since we have set up this pc lab of 30 PS/2 70s and 2 80s (about 1 year)
>I have had 15 out of 50 diskettes go bad; the DSHD 3.5", of numerous
>brands.
>
There was a problem with with DOS 3.3 (maybe 4.0, too - don't know) and
the PS/2 ROM BIOS that caused problems and occasional physical damage to
3.5" diskettes. IBM "solved" this by releasing a device driver called
DASDDRVR.SYS, which corrected this and other problems such as the clock
losing time. It was eventually included on the reference diskette of
PS/2's with a "READ THIS FIRST" sheet headed "Update Programs." IBM
also included an install utility on the reference disk.

I would check to make sure all the PS/2's in question were installed
with the line DEVICE=\DASDDRVR.SYS in their CONFIG.SYS files, and that
device driver is actually present.
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