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From: dsilvia@blunt.net.com (Dave Silvia)
Subject: Re: Will RAWRITE write to 1.2 and 1.44 MB disks? 
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Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1993 01:40:02 GMT
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In article <1993Mar11.201223.22450@fcom.cc.utah.edu> jhigbee@cs.weber.edu (Jonathan C. Higbee) writes:
>Perhaps I'll have to rawrite to write to a 360k floppy, then boot
>BSD and copy it to a 1.2 or 1.44MB floppy... Or perhaps I'll just
>fork out $100 and get them all loaded for me...
>

Comment from the code for rawrite (rawrite.c)
/*
 Identify what kind of diskette is installed in the specified drive.
 Return the number of sectors per track assumed as follows:
 9	-	360 K and 720 K 5.25".
15	-	1.2 M HD	5.25".
18	-	1.44 M		3.5".
*/

Looks like you're home free!;^}

Dave S.