Le mardi 11 Juillet 2006 01:59, Chuck Norcutt a écrit :
> I agree that's what a low level format should do but I've never heard
> the words "low level format" except in your message.
You're right ; I made an abuse of language. But last time I made a true low
level format, I was 13 and it was on an XT with a ST506 board and a 20Mo RLL
drive. For those who remember the (not so) good old days, this was done by a
direct jump to a bios routine from DEBUG... Well. The XT still works all
right... but not often.
So, as I see it, there are 3 format types : true lowlevel (basicaly, this one
lays tracks by hand on a disk, clearly does not apply to a random access
chip), complete blanking, error checking of individual bytes, and writing of
FAT structures (the one I called improperly low level), and simple erasing of
root dir entries (the quick variant).
As the latter was not the one used, there's only one possibility left...
--
Manuel Viet
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