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FDFormat 0.21ß
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A small command line for formatting non-standard DOS disks
Usage:
FDFormat <drive> [-f <format>] [-n <name>] [-t <tracks>] [-s <sectors>]
[-h <heads>] [-c <cluster size>] [-r <root dir size>] [-y]
<drive> Just the ADFS drive number (as for the normal FORMAT command)
-f <format> Disk format name (eg. DOS/Q). [DOS/M]
-n <name> The disk title
-t <tracks> Number of tracks to format (4 to 82) [80]
-s <sectors> Number of sectors per track (8, 9, 10, 15, 18, 20, 21) [9]
This parameter implies the density: < 11 implies low density
-h <heads> Number of sides to be used (1 or 2)
-c <cluster size>
Number of sectors per cluster (1 or 2); 1 is recommended.
(Equivalent to the Large File Allocation Unit)
-r <root dir size>
Number of entries in the root directory. One entry is taken
by the disk title
[112 for low density, 240 for high density]
-y If present, does not ask for confirmation.
Default values are given in square brackets.
The switches are not necessary if you specify all the parameters in the same
order as above.
Examples:
FDFormat :0 -n Large -t 82 -s 21
double sided, high density, 82 tracks, 21 sectors, 240
entries in :0.$
1722K on disk, 1704.5K free; asks for confirmation
FDFormat :0 DOS/Q Urk
same as Format :0 DOS/Q Urk
FDFormat :0 -r 112 -s 21 -y
ds/dd, 80 tracks, 21 sectors, 112 entries in $
1680K on disk, 1666K free; formats without asking you first
DOSPart 0.02ß
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A small command line for formatting non-standard DOS disks
Usage:
DOSPart <partition name> [-s] <size>[K|M] [[-c] <cluster size>][K|M]]
[[-n] <title>]
<partition name>
The name of the partition file
-n <name> The 'disk' title [default as for ADFS formatter]
-s <size> The size of the partition file, in bytes, kilobytes, or
megabytes (max = 1024M) [no default]
-c <cluster size>
Number of sectors per cluster (1, 2, 4, 8, 16 or 32)
Equivalent to specifying 512, 1K, 2K, 4K, 8K or 16K
[default is chosen to suit the partition size]
The switches are not necessary if you specify all the parameters in the same
order as above.
The number of clusters required is checked. If you choose a cluster size that
is too small for the partition (ie. there would be over 65536 clusters), you
will be warned, and the default will be used.
Examples:
DOSPart IDEFS::Main.$.DOS.Drive_C -n Macrosnot -s 256M
ok - defaults to 4K clusters
DOSPart ADFS::Wibble.$.Drive_D 80M 1 PentiBurn
512byte cluster too small - will use 2K clusters instead
DOSPart SCSIFS::Device.$.Drive_Huge 1024M
16K clusters, default name (eg. "16_40_Sun")
DOSPart <Wimp$ScrapDir>.FloppyImg 1440K 512 FakeFloppy
creates an image you can copy to a DOS/Q format disk:
*Copy <Wimp$ScrapDir>.FloppyImg ADFS::0.$
Contact
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Darren Salt
arcsalt@spuddy.mew.co.uk
darren.salt@unn.ac.uk (until at least June 1996)