NOTE - I was able to make a bootable 8" DOS 6.22 disk even though it slammed the last three tracks, on my imaging computer. The computer thought it was writing to a 1.2M 5 1/4 disk.
BUT you're saying a quad density SS disk. I never tried that and if you say it does not work then I can't dispute that without trying it myself. BIll On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 12:52 PM, Richard Cini via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > It's funny -- I didn't see the original reply from Bill to this message. > > I am aware of the track differences and I thought Dos would format it but > just slam the head for the last three tracks. No such luck. It actually > complains about the disk from the beginning. > > The Qume 242 is a DSDD drive in case that was asked in the original > thread, and should work in this situation. > > I tried to format a disk with both IMD and NFORMAT (utility I downloaded) > and neither products a disk format that DOS likes. I'm sure it's my > selection of parameters more so than the program itself. > > > > Rich > > Sent from Verizon/AOL Mobile Mail > > On Wednesday, August 9, 2017, Chuck Guzis via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > On 08/09/2017 01:41 AM, william degnan wrote: > > > How about booting into dos and just formatting a disk that way? > > Go back and read what I wrote, Bill. If single-sided media is being > used, DOS formatting will fail as there is no single-sided high-density > format available. > > Of course, if double-sided media is used, DOS formatting as a 1.2MB DOS > disk should work--up to track 76. Note that 8" drives are 77 > track/cylinder, not 80, as the 5.25" drives are. > > IMD can handle the issues quite readily, as its formatting facility will > do whatever you tell it to do. > > --Chuck > > >