floppy 1.1 -- Get more storage space on floppy disks. Supercedes hflop 1.0
Author: Claudio Tantignone (c_tantignone@hotmail.com)  Received: 23 Nov 1999

These are patchs that allows you to get more space from your floppy disks,
with modifying the format of them. The previous version was hflop 1.0, used 
only under Minix 2.0.0.

The patchs permit you to store a maximum of 1.476 Mbytes in 1.2Mbytes 
5.25 disks (23% more), and 1.722 Mbytes into 1.44 Mbytes 3.5 disks (19% more).
and to make boot diskettes.

The patches were tested under 16 and 32 bits systems, in version 2.0.2 .
The code into format.cdiff and floppy.cdiff is compatible with Minix 2.0.0, 
but the boot code is different. If you need to work with 2.0.0, use the hflop
code or e-mail me.

I suggest you read carefully the floppy.doc file before applying the
patches, and make previous copies of the source files and binary to avoid
problems.  The documentation explains how it works.  It is better to
read several times the floppy.doc file to know the steps you need,
before any change.

If you have questions, suggestions, and ideas, please let me know. 

Claudio Tantignone.
c_tantignone@hotmail.com
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Note added by asw (awoodhull@hampshire.edu):

I understand this scheme is used by Microsoft and others for software
distribution.  But test carefully on your system. I have been warned this
may not work on some older hardware.