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Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 21:46:41 -0800
From: Flash Braden <anathema AT ix DOT netcom DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Maximum floppy drive size
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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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