Got 8" drive on PC working

[Jim Leonard]

Randy McLaughlin wrote:
> 8" drives have 77 tracks, PC-DOS uses 40 or 80 tracks.  Only the 80 
> track mode (5.25" HD - 1.2mb) comes close.
> 
> Trying to use 80 tracks can destroy your drive.
> 
> STOP IT!!!!

Or, use a program like FDFORMAT to format your disks with /t:77.  But yes, 
don't use DOS format if it won't take a non-40/80 argument.