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DOS启动盘 & LOGO技术（启动盘室） » One more question (why do I have so many dumb questions??)

Floor1　winddeity	Posted 2003-08-17 00:00
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Can ms-dos7.1's format format a 2.88M floppy?

Floor2　LanE	Posted 2003-08-17 00:00
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Just run format /? and you'll get the following: C:\>format /? Formats a disk for use with MS-DOS. FORMAT drive: ] FORMAT drive: ] FORMAT drive: ] FORMAT drive: /V Specifies the volume label. /Q Performs a quick format. /F:size Specifies the size of the floppy disk to format (such as 160, 180, 320, 360, 720, 1.2, 1.44, 2.88). /B Allocates space on the formatted disk for system files. /S Copies system files to the formatted disk. /T:tracks Specifies the number of tracks per disk side. /N:sectors Specifies the number of sectors per track. /1 Formats a single side of a floppy disk. /4 Formats a 5.25-inch 360K floppy disk in a high-density drive. /8 Formats eight sectors per track. /C Tests clusters that are currently marked "bad." Just look at the red part and you'll know

Floor4　winddeity	Posted 2003-08-17 00:00
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Looks like there's still a bit of a problem: I used WinImage to make a 2.88M .img, then mounted it in vmware4. c:\>format a:/f:2.88 Insert new diskette for drive A: and press ENTER when ready... Checking existing disk format. Formatting 2.88M Parameters not supported by drive. c:\> Why is that?? The drive doesn't support that parameter? What should I do??

Floor5　gmy	Posted 2003-08-17 00:00
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You can't find 2.88 floppies on the market, while WINIMAGE can make 2.88 ones (besides, it's only for CD boot use), so this FORMAT parameter isn't of much use!

Floor6　winddeity	Posted 2003-08-17 00:00
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I changed the floppy drive parameter in vmware's BIOS to 2.88M. Then it could format it, and before I had time to be happy, I saw a line: General failure reading drive A Abort, Retry, Fail?a Current drive is no longer valid>c: c:\>_ So frustrating, why still doesn't it work???

Floor7　iceboy	Posted 2003-08-17 00:00
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Ran into the same problem, bumping this first

Floor8　winddeity	Posted 2003-08-17 00:00
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Moderator, please help out, I've been waiting a whole day for this problem