Subj : Re: floppy disks
To   : Retroswim
From : StormTrooper
Date : Fri May 02 2025 08:11 am

 Re> Mostly it will 'just work'. I've absolutely written DD disks in HD
 Re> drives, then read them on DD drives just fine, plenty of times in the
 Re> past.

In the your mileage may var category, it is generally NOT reliable.  But if you have to do it, and expect the DD drive to read it happily, then the best course was to format it on the DD drive and then write to it with the HD drive ONCE only...  It appears very device dependent though.  

ST

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