Date   : Fri, 14 Oct 2005 18:34:15 +0100
From   : Mike Tomlinson <mike@...>
Subject: Re: My New Baby Has Arrived!

In article <89116024.20051014151505@...>, Jeff Gaines
<jeff@...> writes

>  It has a 5.25" floppy which is 40 track SS 100K, I can't format my
>  eBay floppy disks though, they are Verbatim 2HD 'Formatted IBM'. I
>  guess the wrong type.

Yes, they're HD (high density) discs.  You need DD (double density)
disks.  When you have some, compare them with the HD discs.  You'll see
the HDs are a different, darker, colour due to their different magnetic
coercivity, and they may be missing the hub ring.