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Message-Id: <199806121609.LAA25450@endeavor.flash.net>
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To: <wilmarc AT gte DOT net>
From: "Mark F. Warchol" <mwarchol AT flash DOT net>
CC: <OpenDOS AT delorie DOT com>
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 12:08:30 -0600
Subject: Re: Help with drivparm?

  The "a" was just there to show that I tried replacing the "0" with "a" as
an option.
Perhaps I'll try again and play around with the spaces on either side of the
"=" sign.
    Still complexed!
     Thanks,
      Mark

On 1998-06-12 wilmarc AT gte DOT net said:
 md>>   I am hoping to configure a #720 drive to work where a 360K
 md>>drive was  previously however have had no success with the
 md>>drivparm command.  My config  I have included:
 md>> drivparm= /D:1 "a" /C /F:2 /I
 md>>     This has done nothing.  I have also tried replacing the "1"
 md>>with "A" and  even "0 & 2".  I have also tried leaving the /I out
 md>>     None have done the trick?
 md>>     Are there any suggestions?

 md>When I upgraded my Tandy 1000 HX from Tandy DOS 3.2 to MS-DOS 5 I
 md>found I had to use drivparm also. Luckily the same config.sys is on
 md>the bootdisk.
 md>All I have is drivparm = /D:0 /F:2 and I believe that worked okay.
 md>Didn't need /I since 3.5" drives are standard on the machine.
 md>Floppy A: is 0, B: is 1 for the /D:n parm.
 md>You could also add the sectors (/S:n) and tracks (/T:n) maybe.

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