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From: wutcd@chemnitz.guug.de (Joerg Wunsch)
Subject: Re: How to format UNIX floppies under 386BSD
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References: <1992Sep24.142441.17045@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au> <1a7hksINNhfe@maverick.ksu.ksu.edu> <1992Sep29.165042.1@vax.sonoma.edu>
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 19:48:05 GMT
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levinson@vax.sonoma.edu writes:
>...
>--
>well, there is format /q in MSDOS which just overwrites the root directory.
>--
>Eric Levinson
I've got a pretty formatation prog for dos which allows to re-format
the first two cylinders only, written by a friend of mine. If there's
interest, i hope i could post it here (or elsewhere).
J"org
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