ncperson@ndsuvax.UUCP (Brett Person) (05/21/88)
Just tried formatting some disks. Guess what. Some of them came out single-sided. I was using format from dos 3.2. format b: yeilded disks with only one side formatted. It looked like format didn't even bother with head 1. -- Brett G. Person North Dakota State University uunet!ndsuvax!ncperson | ncperson@ndsuvax.bitnet
viggo@diku.dk (Allan Kim Schougaard) (05/24/88)
In article <906@ndsuvax.UUCP> ncperson@ndsuvax.UUCP (Brett Person) writes: > Just tried formatting some disks. Guess what. Some of them came >out single-sided. I was using format from dos 3.2. >format b: >yeilded disks with only one side formatted. >It looked like format didn't even bother with head 1. >-- >Brett G. Person >North Dakota State University >uunet!ndsuvax!ncperson | ncperson@ndsuvax.bitnet Try getting an update from IBM or MicroSoft. The first release from both parties had bugs in both systemfiles, Basica and Format. VIGGO at DIKU
emp@ut-emx.UUCP (emp) (05/27/88)
In article <3840@diku.dk>, viggo@diku.dk (Allan Kim Schougaard) writes: > In article <906@ndsuvax.UUCP> ncperson@ndsuvax.UUCP (Brett Person) writes: > > > [question about 3.2 format errors deleted] > > Try getting an update from IBM or MicroSoft. The first release > from both parties had bugs in both systemfiles, Basica and > Format. > ...this brings up an interesting question: What was the FINAL upgraded release of 3.2? I currently own 3.21, and have not seen any others between this and 3.3. OM