From: Spiro Trikaliotis (ml-cbmhackers_at_trikaliotis.net)
Date: 2006-05-10 20:02:25
Hello Ruud,
* On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 06:11:18PM +0200 Ruud@baltissen.org wrote:
> Formatting goes well, then the head moves back to track 18, reads the
> header of a sector and then does something I don't understand: LED
> keeps burning for ever.
You might already know this, but format works as follows: First, it
formats all tracks 1 to 35 (with the $4B/$01 pattern). After this, the
floppy goes back to track 18 and writes the BAM sector (18/0) und
initializes 18/1, so that you can see a blank disc.
HTH,
Spiro.
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