> On Aug 13, 2017, at 2:54 AM, Josh Dersch via cctalk <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On 8/12/2017 8:45 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > >> Long shot: >> Is this a system (like the 5160), where there are TWO format programs? >> 1) a physical low-level format done by special proprietary "non-user" >> (unobtanium?) software, followed by >> 2) a program named "FORMAT" that only sets up the logical structures, >> DIRectory, etc., and assumes that the low level format was previously done > > No apologies necessary :). The Format I'm running is a low-level format > (I've tried the Xenix "diskutil" program and the format utility included in > the diagnostic routines) so it should be laying out the sectors…
To format hard drives on the Model 16 you only need the format program that is provided by the OS, i.e. diskutil in XENIX, FORMAT in TRSDOS-II or HFORMAT in P&T CP/M.
