Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!tektronix!reed!percival!bucket!jimw From: jimw@bucket.UUCP (Jim Willing) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: 3.5 inch and 1.44 Meg Message-ID: <881@bucket.UUCP> Date: 9 May 88 18:24:25 GMT References: <983@tjalk.cs.vu.nl> Reply-To: jimw@bucket.UUCP (Jim Willing) Organization: Rick's Home Grown Unix; Portland, OR Lines: 18 Keywords: 3.5 inch 1.44 Meg FORMAT.COM, doesn't work In article <983@tjalk.cs.vu.nl> se6@cs.vu.nl (Houweling E) writes: > >(YET ANOTHER) DISK PROBLEM >-------------------------- >I've just installed a 3.5 inch, 1.44 Mb disk drive in a XT clone with DOS 3.2. >The drive works all right, but FORMAT.COM formats it at just 720 Kb and >refuses to give me the full 1.44 Meg capacity. (Yes, I used high-density disks) Sad, but true. To get 1.44mb storage requires a Dual-Rate controller. XT & compatable systems (unless they are boosted QUITE a bit) can not handle the higher xfer rate, and as such are only equipped with a "standard" controller. -- usually found at: ..tektronix!teksce!bucket!jimw alternatly found at CBBS/NW (503) 284-5260 never found where you would expect him to be...