ADTPro client disk format problems

schmidtd

On Feb 8, 8:29 pm, Eric Rucker <bhtoo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Feb 8, 8:56 am, schmidtd <schmi...@my-deja.com> wrote:
>
> > On Feb 7, 7:04 pm, Eric Rucker <bhtoo...@gmail.com> wrote:> I noticed on my (ROM 3) IIGS that I couldn't format a 3.5" disk from
> > > within ADTPro 1.0.4, using the serial client. 5.25" worked fine,
> > > though. So, I ended up transferring Copy II Plus over to do it...
>
> > I found a satisfactory solution to keep the 5.25" format code from
> > moving in memory, so it's locked inside a single page. Hopefully
> > that'll be the end of the 5.25" woes.
>
> > The 3.5" formatting story is a little different, though. What state
> > were your 3.5" disks in when you tried to format them? Were they
> > blank, PC format, HFS, or...?
>
> Mine were new blank media.
The problem is... I added a check to the SmartPort format routine that
checks if a device needs to be low-level formatted or not to be
compatible with CFFA-type devices. Well, turns out... that routine
decides that 3.5" disks don't need to be low-level formatted
either. :-/ Not so good. I'll get that fixed, as well as Nick's
suggestion to wrap the routine with interrupt protection and life
should get better for formatting.

Andrew C.

On 2008-02-09, schmidtd <schmidtd@my-deja.com> wrote:
> The problem is... I added a check to the SmartPort format routine that
> checks if a device needs to be low-level formatted or not to be
> compatible with CFFA-type devices. Well, turns out... that routine
> decides that 3.5" disks don't need to be low-level formatted
> either. :-/ Not so good. I'll get that fixed, as well as Nick's
> suggestion to wrap the routine with interrupt protection and life
> should get better for formatting.
I just wanted to add that while I know nowhere near enough about
hardware to understand the specifics of what you're talking about, I'm
incredibly grateful for ADTPro and your work on it. Many thanks!


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schmidtd

On Feb 9, 11:09 am, "Andrew C." <sumguy231+n...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2008-02-09, schmidtd <schmi...@my-deja.com> wrote:> The problem is... I added a check to the SmartPort format routine that
> > checks if a device needs to be low-level formatted or not to be
> > compatible with CFFA-type devices. Well, turns out... that routine
> > decides that 3.5" disks don't need to be low-level formatted
> > either. :-/ Not so good. I'll get that fixed, as well as Nick's
> > suggestion to wrap the routine with interrupt protection and life
> > should get better for formatting.
>
> I just wanted to add that while I know nowhere near enough about
> hardware to understand the specifics of what you're talking about, I'm
> incredibly grateful for ADTPro and your work on it. Many thanks!
You're quite welcome. I think I squashed both formatting bugs (there
was one specific to Disk II, and one specific to SmartPort devices)
and released another embarrassingly quick release today...

http://adtpro.sourceforge.net

Andrew C.

On 2008-02-10, schmidtd <schmidtd@my-deja.com> wrote:
> On Feb 9, 11:09 am, "Andrew C." <sumguy231+n...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 2008-02-09, schmidtd <schmi...@my-deja.com> wrote:> The problem is... I added a check to the SmartPort format routine that
>> > checks if a device needs to be low-level formatted or not to be
>> > compatible with CFFA-type devices. Well, turns out... that routine
>> > decides that 3.5" disks don't need to be low-level formatted
>> > either. :-/ Not so good. I'll get that fixed, as well as Nick's
>> > suggestion to wrap the routine with interrupt protection and life
>> > should get better for formatting.
>>
>> I just wanted to add that while I know nowhere near enough about
>> hardware to understand the specifics of what you're talking about, I'm
>> incredibly grateful for ADTPro and your work on it. Many thanks!
> You're quite welcome. I think I squashed both formatting bugs (there
> was one specific to Disk II, and one specific to SmartPort devices)
> and released another embarrassingly quick release today...
>
> http://adtpro.sourceforge.net
Okay, I just formatted a disk. It works! I am once again very
grateful. Many thanks my good man.

--
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Michael J. Mahon

schmidtd wrote:

> You're quite welcome. I think I squashed both formatting bugs (there
> was one specific to Disk II, and one specific to SmartPort devices)
> and released another embarrassingly quick release today...
>
> http://adtpro.sourceforge.net

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