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Re: [LI] 3.5" disk format



On Tue, Jan 18, 2000 at 07:59:23PM +0530, Narayana Yaddanapudi wrote:
> How do I format a 3.5":HD disk to hold 1722 kb?
> 

Well, all you need is  superformat. (comes as part of fdutils)

$ superformat /dev/fd0u1722

But I recommend against using higher than normal capacities if you want
to share data between computers, and certainly not for backup.

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