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Message-ID: <36D4E3C1.8F87F4D3@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 21:46:41 -0800
From: Flash Braden <anathema AT ix DOT netcom DOT com>
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To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Maximum floppy drive size
References: <Pine DOT LNX DOT 3 DOT 96 DOT 990223132020 DOT 13447B-100000 AT softcon DOT com>
Reply-To: opendos AT delorie DOT com

It requires a disk with at least 17 sectors per track.  How many do you
have?

-Flash->

Travis Siegel wrote:
> 
> I was unable to get this zip disk boot program to work on my small 386-sx
> 16 machine.  I didn't want to screw up the boot sector of my main system,
> so I was going to try it on my little system I have here for
> testing/porting things around.  The install program claims that my mbr is
> full, and it can't continue it's install process.  I've even gone as far
> as to backup everything, fdisk/format the disk, then try the install
> program.  Still no go.
> Any suggestions why this might be, and does anyone else have this problem?
> I suppose it's possible I've got a boot sector virus, though a scan with
> mcaffee's scan, and fprot both turned up nothing.

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