Thanks for your discussion, chaps. I have bought my friend a new
card as a peace offering ...
Chris
~~ >-)-
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On 11 Jul 2006, at 01:28, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> You're probably right but let's hope for Chris' sake you're not.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> Manuel Viet wrote:
>
>> 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...
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