How to Format 1MB Floppy

Adam Retter adam at otterycomputers.com
Mon Jun 7 12:03:39 GMT 2004


Okay guys not having any luck with mtools / newfs_msdos or fdcontrol

I guess i need to specify the heads and tracks per side etc etc but how
can i find out what these are meant to be for 2DD disks ?

Also someone mentioned that these 1mb disks only format as 720kb - is
that true?

Thanks Adam.

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