[BUG] 720kb floppy detection with DOS FORMAT

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Fenix77
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[BUG] 720kb floppy detection with DOS FORMAT

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Hello.

I found an small bug with the FORMAT command (MS-DOS 6.22). FORMAT will try to format 720kb floppys as if they were 1.44MB.
And of course cannot format the disk.
However I can force FORMAT to use the correct format with the /F:720 specification.
I don't know if this bug affects other software such as disk duplicators VGA copy or HD-copy

Thanks!
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omarsis81
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Re: [BUG] 720kb floppy detection with DOS FORMAT

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Does it happen on all computers? I found a similar bug on the SiS 486
It seems the low density floppy emulation is kinda buggy
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