[comp.sys.atari.st] Formatting floppettes

jrd@STONY-BROOK.SCRC.SYMBOLICS.COM (John R. Dunning) (09/21/88)

I've discovered a wierd circumstance.  I have some floppettes which,
when I format them using Gulam's "format a:" command, get errors.  But
when I format them with the desktop's format menu, they work!  Does this
make any sense to anyone?

I have one of the old single-sided external floppette drives, if that
matters.

Thanks in advance for any info.

tpg@linus.UUCP (Terry P. Gleason) (09/28/88)

In article <19880921162236.1.JRD@MOA.SCRC.Symbolics.COM> jrd@STONY-BROOK.SCRC.SYMBOLICS.COM (John R. Dunning) writes:
"I've discovered a wierd circumstance.  I have some floppettes which,
when I format them using Gulam's "format a:" command, get errors.  But
when I format them with the desktop's format menu, they work!  Does this
make any sense to anyone?
I have one of the old single-sided external floppette drives, if that
matters. ..."


I have same problem but with the newer internal drive.  I'm using a
1987 version of GULAM.