[Coco] More on NitrOS9 and format

[L. Curtis Boyle]

Does SS.Format still take the track image out of System RAM?

L. Curtis Boyle
curtisboyle at sasktel.net



> On Mar 18, 2018, at 4:55 PM, Robert Gault <robert.gault at att.net> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> and with that in mind, what could it be doing that lets it stomp
>> 
>> on system memory causing the whole system to crash?
>> 
>> 
> 
> Bill,
> 
> It would really help if you posted the exact entries you made when the crash occurred along with the size/type of the disk or image you are trying to format. There may not be a problem with Format itself.
> 
> Most of the memory used by Format is:
>         ...
> LSN0     rmb   256        LSN0 build buffer
> optbuf   rmb   256
> numbuf   rmb   32
> fdtbuf1  rmb   3
> fdtbuf2  rmb   9924
> u297E    rmb   451
> size     equ   .
> 
> Format builds a root directory using the fdt buffers.
> 
> Robert