Hello,

> instead of getting the "access denied" error, it asked for 
> two letters and then formated it just fine.
> (52428 sectors, which seems a little small).
I noticed that the number reported at the end of FORMAT is less than 
the number reported by DIR.
The former, I believe, is the number of clusters or blocks in the File 
Allocation Table (or whatever it's called in SMSQ jargon). The number 
reported by DIR is the actual number of sectors.

Ian.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: swensont 
> Sent: 10 July 2001 23:43
> To: ql-users
> Cc: swensont
> Subject: Re: [ql-users] qxltool and multipartitions
> 
> 
> Well, this is interesting.
> 
> With SMSQ/E 2.91 running (from ROM), I decided to try and format the 
> Syquest again (just for S&G's).  I did the following (as per 
> the manual):
> 
>     win_format 1
>     win_drive 3,1
>     format win3_
> 
> instead of getting the "access denied" error, it asked for 
> two letters and 
> then formated it just fine.
> (52428 sectors, which seems a little small).
> 
> So, is there a difference between 2.91 and 2.98beta in how it 
> handles HD's?
> 
> Tim Swenson
> 
> 


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