Identifying Diskettes; Formatting Diskettes - IBM Academic System 6152 Quick Reference

Identifying Diskettes
A 1 Mb diskette looks like this:
Formatting Diskettes
It is usually labeled" 1.0 Mb
capacity" or "2HC"
0,
and has
a square cutout
fJ.
It has the letters "HD"
0,
is
usually labeled "2.0 Mb
capacity"
fJ,
and has two
square cutouts
II.
A diskette must be formatted to prepare it for use. Your operating
system manual describes the commands for formatting diskettes.
When using commands that format a diskette before writing (for
example, the DOS command DISKCOPY), be sure the target diskette
has the appropriate storage capacity.
1 Mb Diskettes must be formatted to 720Kb. You can do this with
either a 720Kb or a 1.44Mb diskette drive. When you use a 1.44Mb
diskette drive, be sure to specify a format of 720Kb; otherwise the
diskette will be formatted to 1.44Mb with unpredictable results.
2Mb Diskettes must be formatted to 1.44Mb. To do this, you must use
a 1.44Mb diskette drive.
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