Subj : Re: floppy disks
To   : Dumas Walker
From : mary4
Date : Thu May 15 2025 10:13 am

 DW> That is possible.  Luckily I didn't run into that issue with my machines.
same
 DW> > But I do remember the switch on the FORMAT command.
 DW> I honestly don't think it could sense it, either.  I don't remember not
 DW> using the switch.  IIRC, I had a BAT file set up just for formatting 360
 DW> disks.
 DW> 
there is a switch for extended formatting in FreeDOS's format.com to extend format drives
for 360k drives u can use /f:400
for normal 360 use /4

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