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Date:      Fri, 7 Feb 2003 10:42:49 -0500
From:      Jim Trigg <jtrigg@michaelines.net>
To:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 5.25" Floppy
Message-ID:  <20030207154249.GG32591@michaelines.net>
In-Reply-To: <20030207151651.GA42083@keyslapper.org>
References:  <3E436DBE.3020200@ameritech.net> <134e01c2ce84$bbea88f0$0a0aa8c0@dweebsoft.com> <20030207151651.GA42083@keyslapper.org>

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On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 10:16:51AM -0500, Louis LeBlanc wrote:
> On 02/07/03 12:41 AM, Daxbert sat at the `puter and typed:
> > have you tried using:
> > 
> > /dev/fd0.1200  
> > 
> > I think 1.2MB is the normal size for a 5.25 dual sided floppy.  
> > 
> > --daxbert
> > 
> I thought that was the newer ones.  Weren't the old style 5.25s 640K?
> It's been so long . . .

Here's the rundown:
SSDD 8-sector: 160K  This is all that was available in MS-DOS 1.0, IIRC.
SSDD 9-sector: 180K
DSDD 8-sector: 320K
DSDD 9-sector: 360K  This was the default starting with MS-DOS 2.1, IIRC.
DSHD 15-sector: 1.2G (At least I think it was 15-sector...)

Only the last two appear to be supported by FreeBSD 4.7, at least by
default.

Jim Trigg
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