Re: Beta vs. Stable
"Brian E. Reifsnyder" <[email protected]> Sun, 10 Nov 2002 22:56:56 -0500
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Hello, > Hi, > > >>b) FORMAT not correctly working on HDs (I don't know about the status of > >>this, but I seem to recall that it may be ok except for some occasional > >>problems?) > >> > > > >There is a problem with performing an unconditional format. > > > In ALL the machines, in some? I really don't know. But I have been able to reproduce the problem with my machine. > >> (a) SCANDISK, CHKDSK or some other (16-bit) disk checking tool, as I > >> consider this to be a "legacy" feature of any DOS . . . . > > > >FDISK has been FAT32 capable even before LBA support was added to it. It > >just needs configured to support FAT32. > > > Sorry! I thought it was just unimplemented. > By the way, is FORMAT FAT32-capable? Yes. But, there may be a slight incompatibility between the FAT32 file system it creates and the one created by M$. Don't ask me why because I am not sure yet.