yenl@ICS.UCI.EDU (Robert Lee) (02/15/91)
>Windows doesn't get this capability unless you are running with a 386 >machine with at least 2 megs of RAM. On the other hand, I have tried this >on a 25 mhz 386 with 4 megs of RAM and it still locked up the whole >machine... Not too impressive... Alternately I got the machine to keep >running, but the format stopped whenever the window was in the >background... I've been able to format a disk under DOS in the background. What has to be done is you have to set 'background' ON in the Setting... windows. Though it is slower than running it in the foreground, it does work so you don't have to sit there staring at the screen :) By the way, I have a 386 25MHz with 4Megs of RAM also. Hope this is helpful... ---- Robert Lee, Class of 1991 | University of California, Irvine |