In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Timothy
Swenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>>You are missing a bit.
>>after the
>>WIN_FORMAT 3
>>you should then type
>>Format win3_
>>the first command allows the drive to be formatted but does nothing else.
>>This is a protection against accidental formatting. Long winded but worthwhile.
>
>I think I get it. The impression that I got from the manual is that
>WIN_FORMAT 1 turned on formatting overall, and WIN_FORMAT 0 turned it off
>(in other words, setting a flag).
>
>What I'm getting from you is that to format win3_ I have to say win_format
>3 to turn formatting on for device 3.
>
>In the manual it says "WIN_FORMAT 1 - Allows WIN drives to be formatted"
>and "WIN_FORMAT 0 - Prevent WIN drives from being formatted"
>
>So, do we need a better manual?
>From the instructions for SMSQ/E for QPC ( page 18 ) :-
SMSQ/E accesses the PC Hard Disks via the PCDOS calls ( the BIOS calls
do not appear to work ). The FORMAT command ... creates a large file,
usually called QXL.WIN, which is usually in the Root directory ... Both
the filename and the Directory can be configured ... for any WIN 1 to 8.
Hard Disk Driver names
The default name is WIN ... C:\QXL.WIN is WIN1_ and D:\QXL.WIN is WIN2_
WIN_USE
... used to set the name of the WIN device. The name should be 3
characters long and in upper or lower case.
WIN_USE MDV - the WIN device is renamed to MDV
WIN_USE WIN - restore the device to WIN
Formatting a 'win' drive is a 2 step process.
WIN_FORMAT 1 - allow the formatting of a drive known as 'WIN1_'
then
FORMAT WIN1_30 - create a formatted drive as 'WIN1_' which is 30Mb
WIN_FORMAT 1,0 - protect 'WIN1_' from being accidently formatted
There is also support for Removeable Hardrives, like ZIP and SyQuest :-
WIN_REMV 2 - declares 'WIN2_' to be removeable
or WIN_REMV 2,1
WIN_REMV 2,0 - 'WIN_2' is no longer removeable !
I haven't tried the latter information about Removeables, myself.
Perhaps someone has ?
--
Malcolm Cadman
