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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.hawaii.edu!ames!haven.umd.edu!uunet!decwrl!pa.dec.com!ninja!ulka.zso.dec.com!alan From: alan@ulka.zso.dec.com (F. Alan Jones) Subject: Re: How to format UNIX floppies under 386BSD Message-ID: <1992Oct7.022247.26696@ninja.zso.dec.com> Lines: 16 Sender: jones@ulka.zso.dec.com (F. Alan Jones) Nntp-Posting-Host: ulka.zso.dec.com Reply-To: alan@ulka.zso.dec.com (F. Alan Jones) Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation References: <1992Oct5.153315.22272@ninja.zso.dec.com> <1992Oct6.145844.669@rucs2.sunlab.cs.runet.edu> <1992Oct6.173648.13606@ninja.zso.dec.com> <1asvcfINN7qu@network.ucsd.edu> Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 02:22:47 GMT brian@ucsd.edu (Brian Kantor) writes: |> The manual for the floppy controller chip shows you precisely what |> you need to do to format a floppy. If you want to see example code that |> implements that flowchart, look at the IBM PC Technical Reference |> Manual in the BIOS listing, or at any of the older CP/M BIOSs. Thanks for the reply Brian. So, what make/model is the floppy controller chip on a stock PC? When I have that, I can write the manufacturer. My PC is a "street" machine with no docs. I assume the IBM PC Tech Ref is off the shelf and still in print. Alan P.S. I get the idea. Looks like driver code with raised IPL. Did we say this was a real time OS (just kidding)?