atom feed10 messages in org.freebsd.freebsd-docRe: Quick start installation
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John FieberJul 11, 1995 8:49 am 
Sean KellyJul 14, 1995 9:11 am 
John FieberJul 14, 1995 2:40 pm 
Jonathan M. BreslerJul 14, 1995 3:00 pm 
Jan IsleyJul 18, 1995 6:00 am 
Sean KellyJul 18, 1995 6:44 am 
Jan IsleyJul 18, 1995 7:53 am 
John FieberJul 18, 1995 9:15 am 
Jan IsleyJul 18, 1995 9:50 am 
Terry LambertJul 18, 1995 10:22 am 
Subject:Re: Quick start installation
From:Jan Isley (ja@bagend.atl.ga.us)
Date:Jul 18, 1995 9:50:58 am
List:org.freebsd.freebsd-doc

John Fieber wrote:

Forgive me for asking a stupid question (but I went from CP/M --> Amiga --> PC, and the phonomena of 1.2MB came and went during my Amiga years) but is this block size appropriate for 1.2MB floppies as well?

I thought about that just about the time the modem fired off the last message. I have not been a DOS weenie since running 2.11 on my Seatle Computer Products Gazelle, a 10MHz 8086/8087 S-100 system. Yea, S-100. It seemed like a good idea at the time. :)

Anyway, as I recall, a 1.2 floppy uses 15 sectors/track and a 1.44 floppy uses 18 sectors/track. So that would be bs=15k or bs=18k.