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High Density Drive

    05-Mar-94 22:23:52
Sb: High Density Drive
Fm: Ed Kercado 71571,722
To: All
I have a problem reading high density disks. My set-up: A1000 with a Rejuvenator board 2.05 ROM in a ROM switcher (with a 1.3 ROM) AmigaDos 2.1 SupraTurbo28 Quantum 40 meg hard drive & DataFlyer controller 2 meg agnus chip & 5.5 fast ram expansion memory Chinon high density floppy disk drive (made for the A2000) installed in A1010 external disk drive case AmigaDos won't recognize high density disks. It doesn't allow for formatting in high density mode. I get an "Error validating File Allocation Table" message when a high density disk is loaded. CrossDos sees a high density disk as such when PC1 is clicked for formatting, but it formats to 50% then says it "Couldn't format cylinder 40". Are there any differences between the A1000 and A2000 external floppy cases? Am I missing certain files? Otherwise the floppy works fine as an 880k drive. Ed Kercado