A couple of years ago, I used 2M and 2MGUI (by Ciriaco Garc�a de Celis), under DOS to reach 1.9 MB and 2 MB floppy sizes respectively.
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lakes/1486/emanty.html The 2M format had excellent support under linux then except that they both won't boot, they could only be mounted. I haven't tested them lately though. Holden Hao wrote: >> thanks for the heads-up, i forgot that a 1.44mb diskette could hold >>more if it was formatted differently. i used to have a windows freeware >>app that does this but the stability and dependability of floppy disks >>(being fragile to start with) deteriorates immensely. i used to go >>through 1 box of floppies within a week transferring data from home to >>school and vice versa. ;-) > > > Floppy disks are very cheap nowadays but their quality is very bad. > It is very rare for a diskette to last for a long time now. > But I have an old tomsrtbt floppy that has been with me for 1+ > years already. > Now, I have an lnx-bbc credit card size cd for emergencies. > > Holden -- Paolo There is a 3% difference in genetic material between us and apes. That is enough to give us Mozart, Einstein and Jack The Ripper. _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
