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From: Erich Dollansky <oceanare@pacific.net.sg>
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Subject: Re: How to Format 1MB Floppy
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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.

Erich