Q74279: No Support for 2.88 Megabyte Disks During Setup

Article: Q74279
Product(s): Microsoft Disk Operating System
Version(s): MS-DOS:5.x,6.0,6.2,6.21,6.22
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Last Modified: 17-DEC-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system versions 5.0, 5.0a, 6.0, 6.2, 6.21, 6.22 
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The Microsoft MS-DOS 5 or later Upgrade supports 2.88-megabyte 3.5-inch disks;
however, the MS-DOS 5.0 or later Setup program does not.

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The MS-DOS 5.0 or later Setup program will allow setup to 720K and 1.44-
megabyte 3.5-inch disks, but support for 2.88-megabyte disks is not a part of
the Setup program.

If a 2.88-megabyte disk (formatted or unformatted) is used in conjunction with
the Setup program, Setup will not recognize the disk, and will offer to format a
1.44-megabyte or 720K disk.

To achieve this type of setup, install MS-DOS 5.0 or later on different-size
media, and copy the disks to the 2.88-megabyte disk.

Additional query words: 6.22 5.00 5.00a 6.00 6.20 uninstall disk

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Technology        : kbMSDOSSearch kbMSDOS621 kbMSDOS622 kbMSDOS620 kbMSDOS600 kbMSDOS500 kbMSDOS500a
Version           : MS-DOS:5.x,6.0,6.2,6.21,6.22

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