From: Ralf Quint <ralf_quint AT hotmail DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: 18-sector limit with biosdisk()
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 11:59:15 -0800
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On Tue, 13 Feb 2001 02:04:04 GMT, NoEmailAds AT execpc DOT com (Chris Giese)
wrote:

>Jason Green <news AT jgreen4 DOT fsnet DOT co DOT uk> wrote:
>
>>DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
>>
>>> > Could this limit be removed in the next version of the C library?
>>> > Or raised to 21 sectors? The Win95 install floppies have
>>> > 21 sectors per track (1.68 meg per disk), as do various
>>> > demo disks, OS boot disks, etc.
>>> 
>>> It can be raised pretty easily, but making it dynamically adjust will
>>> be trickier.
>>
>>> Does anyone know of any floppies with more than 21 sectors that the
>>> BIOS calls support?
>
>Linux bootsect.S mentions "2.88 ED" disks with 36 sectors per track,
>but I've never seen such a disk.
>
A lot of IBM PS/2 machines have 2.88MB floppy disks (i have Mod.77
(8577) ) as well as a lot of DEC Alpha Machines (i have a DEC Multia
with a 2.88MB drive too), AFAIK, Compaq used them at some point
also.....

Ralf