Mac OS 8.5 Technote: Part XVII

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Inside the System File (Continued)

Disk Initialization Package

The Disk Initialization Package supports the formatting of disks.
  • DILoad was loading foreign file system resources into the current heap zone (usually, the current application's heap) that could cause a crash if the application quit before the resources were unloaded. These resources are now loaded into the system heap.

  • File System Manager-based file systems that support bad block sparing are now called to spare blocks when a disk driver verify request fails. This feature was unavailable in Mac OS 8.0 and Mac OS 8.1.

  • The initial value of the Format popup menu in the disk initialization dialog now indicates the current format of the disk.

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