MS-DOS FORMAT "/1" Switch Should Not Be Used on 1.2 MB Drive (49808)
The information in this article applies to:
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.1
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.2
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.21
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.3
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.3a
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 4.0
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 4.01
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 5.0
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 5.0a
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.0
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.2
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.21
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.22
This article was previously published under Q49808
SUMMARY
The /1 switch of the FORMAT command should only be used on a 360-kilobyte
(K) disk drive. It should not be used on a 1.2-megabyte(MB) disk drive. If
the /1 switch is used on a non-360K drive, FORMAT returns the following
error message:
Parameters not compatible. Format failure.
The purpose of the /1 switch is to format 160K and 180K disks. It
cannot be used in conjunction with the /4 switch.
| Modification Type: |
Major |
Last Reviewed: |
5/12/2003 |
| Keywords: |
KB49808 |
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