RE: 3174 disks

> I don't think PC's ever supported 5.25" 2.4Mbyte floppies which is what the
> 3174 needs for the latest firmware.
> I also don't think this was ever used in anger outside the 3174
> environments, except perhaps for firmware disks.
> My PC Server 500 supports 2.88 Mbyte 3.5" disks but I don't believe there is
> any way to set a 2.4 drive...

I guess, from my "man fd" linux manual page:

   5.25 inch double-density device files:

        Name         Capacity   Cyl.   Sect.   Heads    Base
                       KiB                             minor #
        -------------------------------------------------------
        fdnd360        360       40      9       2        4

        5.25 inch high-density device files:

        Name         Capacity   Cyl.   Sect.   Heads    Base
                       KiB                             minor #
        -------------------------------------------------------
        fdnh360        360       40      9       2       20
        fdnh410        410       41     10       2       48
        fdnh420        420       42     10       2       64
        fdnh720        720       80      9       2       24
        fdnh880        880       80     11       2       80
        fdnh1200       1200      80     15       2        8
        fdnh1440       1440      80     18       2       40
        fdnh1476       1476      82     18       2       56
        fdnh1494       1494      83     18       2       72
        fdnh1600       1600      80     20       2       92


you are correct, Dave.

From what I can see the maximum size supported is 1600Kb,
for 1.2Mb floppies I assume.

Peppe.