[Coco] Formatting /R0 quickly.

[Paul T. Barton]

Robert,

Just got back from cataraact surgery.
ALl went well and I'm back home
(it's 9:21AM here).

This /r0 vs /h0 is not a challenge as I
have /r0 & /dd.

Paul, seeing with better colors now.

--- Robert Gault <robert.gault at worldnet.att.net>
wrote:
> Paul T. Barton wrote:
> 
> > Robert,
> > And anyone else using this software driver,
> > 
> > I got the /R0 to format quickly by DMODE'ing
> > the TYP from $40 to $80. This is not legal,
> > but it does force FORMAT to ask questions,
> > so that a person can answer no,
> > and skip the "numbers going by".
> > 
> > I use script files and have one file named
> > "ynn" which contains three lines:
> > Y
> > N
> > N
> > 
> > So, doing something like this:
> > 
> > FORMAT /r0 "RAMDISK" r < /dd/cmds/ynn
> > 
> > in a script file does the format and
> > skips the numbers. Now this is quicker
> > and much better than 22 minutes waiting
> > for a smaller ramdisk.
> > 
> > Paul
> 
> Neat! Making the ram disk a "hard disk" type is
> just as legal as any 
> other type, although non-standard might seem
> better. The only problem 
> might be your heart going into your mouth as
> you wonder if you typed /r0 
> or /h0  :)
> 
> 
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