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Subject: Re: FDVOL question.
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On 2000-02-11 jondgrimes@aol.com(JonDGrimes) said:
   >I am having some difficulties running FDVOL to make diskettes
   >(1440) of the TAZ files on the initial distribution of 2.0.0.
   >Before disk one is ever done there is a bad sector error. This
   >seems to permanently reuin the diskette. I have been through two
   >boxed from differing mfg's and the same thing occurs. Curiously,
   >these disks cannot be reformated by DOS, either, as a bad sector is
   >indeed found. I am supposing at this point the error is mind.
   >Can anyone help? The command line I am using is thus:
   >fdvol 1440 a: usr.taz
Don't trust pre-formatted diskettes.  Format them with the DOS command
format a: /u
before you use them.
If that doesn't work, maybe the heads need cleaning, or you may have a
bad drive.

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