Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2004 20:18:22 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky <oceanare@pacific.net.sg> To: Adam Retter <adam@otterycomputers.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to Format 1MB Floppy Message-ID: <40C45D0E.8020102@pacific.net.sg> In-Reply-To: <1086609808.314.9.camel@wokshopbsd.oocltd.dom>
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Hi, Adam Retter wrote: > Okay guys not having any luck with mtools / newfs_msdos or fdcontrol > > I guess i need to specify the heads and tracks per side etc etc but how > can i find out what these are meant to be for 2DD disks ? > > Also someone mentioned that these 1mb disks only format as 720kb - is > that true? > Yes. I can"t tell you with the parameters but I remember that those disks use a different density to write to the disk. This means that the head, sector and track values are the same as for 1.44 disks but the density is different. Erichhome | help
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