Subj : 2.88 MB Floppy Operations?
To   : Mike Luther
From : Kris Steenhaut
Date : Tue Mar 13 2001 04:59 am

   Dag Mike,
maandag 12 maart 2001 15.55, Bericht van Mike Luther aan Kris Steenhaut:


 ML> am I correct to remember that the common 1.44 MB drive can *READ* that
 ML> disk as well?

Don't know, really. The only "experience" I have is I had the bios to set to 
2.88 floppy in order to read an xdf formatted floppy. (On an AST that was)

 ML>   Are not some of the ffiles that are on the install disk
 ML> actually in that format?

Unlike an xdffloppy, an 2.88 is supposed to be "normally" FAT formatted.

 ML> I know that when you do a boot run from BOOTOS2 with the 2 disk
 ML> option,whenever the disk hits the IBM2FLPY.ADD driver in the load run,

IBM2FLPY.ADD is meant for and works only for MCA systems. You should have onle 
ONE of these in or config: or IBM1FLPY.ADD or IBM2FLPY.add

 ML> make some off the FIXPACK disks from the LOADSKF operation, you hear
 ML> this same different ptich floppy access mode.

 ML> Thus, to me, it seems that what I am hearing is a narrower read
 ML> pattern going on, indicative of something other than 1.44 MB
 ML> operations.

 ML> Correct?

Not really.



    Groeten uit Gent,

      Kris

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