Path: utzoo!dptcdc!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!HNYKUN51.BITNET!TOXI_CE From: TOXI_CE@HNYKUN51.BITNET Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: dcformat problems with drive B Message-ID: <8904181140.AA02738@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Date: 17 Apr 89 12:28:00 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 31 Distribution-File: "info-atari16@score.stanford.edu" I tracked down part of the problem with DCFORMAT. Both DCFORMAT vs 2 and 3 have problems formatting on drive B. After the whole disk has been formatted, there is an access to drive A. (Probably to move the head back to track 0 or something). With DCFORMAT 2 the resulting disk has 0 bytes free, with DCFORMAT 3 I don't remember. But the verify often does not work. I hope that somebody from Double Click can comment on this. Chris Evelo +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Chris Evelo TOXI_CE@HNYKUN51 (BITNET/EARN) | an underscore _ not -. Mail address: Department of Toxicology University of Nijmegen Kapittelweg 54 6525 EP Nijmegen The Netherlands tel. 080-517184/514206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++