kujanpa@ccu.umanitoba.ca (11/27/90)
Hi . Sorry if this has been covered on the net before. The problem is that I'm trying to format a Microscience 80 meg MFM drive (model HH-1090) 5.25 HH as one 80 meg partition and it doesn't want to work. I'm using DOS 4.01. It will only format to 60 meg. DiskManager is included with the disk and it includes drivers etc. to make it look like 80 meg. We want to avoid using any sector translation, drivers etc. if possible. The problem seems to be with the 1024 cylinder limitation of the BIOS.(?) It is an AMI BIOS s/n 13 12 77, dated Friday, September 15, 1989. Is there any changes that can be made to the BIOS that would overcome this barrier? Or is it just impossible to format this drive at 80 meg without SWBIOS or something similar? Thanks in advance! Bob Kujanpaa E-mail: kujanpa@ccm.UManitoba.CA