Verify - LSI M-Three Operator's Manual

e) Enter selection as prompted and depress the RETU RN key.
When the diskette formatting is complete, a 'Format completed'
message will be displayed and the 'menu' will reappear. If another
diskette is to be formatted then remove the formatted diskette and
replace it with another blank diskette before making a further selec-
tion. To 'exit' from FORMAT, key in E as prompted and then
depress the RETURN key.
6.3
VERIFY
When a diskette has been 'formatted' this program is used to check
the diskette's read/write capability. This is achieved by writing a
known pattern onto each track in turn, reading back the contents
of the track and comparing it with the original pattern. If no errors
are detected, the diskette is deemed 'good'.
Newly formatted diskettes must always by 'verified' before they are
first used.
N.B. VERIFYING A DISKETTE WILL CORRUPT ANY
PREVIOUSLY STORED DATA.
To Verify a diskette, proceed as follows:
a) Insert a diskette with the VERIFY program on it into disk
drive A.
b) Select disk drive A, if necessary.
c) Key in VERIFY.
d) Depress the RETURN key.
A 'menu' will appear on the screen as follows:
VERIFY DISK VERSION
*.*
OPTIONS:
A - VERIFY THE DISK IN DRIVE A
B - VERIFY THE DISK IN DRIVE B
E - EXIT TO CP/M ON DRIVE A
ENTER SELECTION:
(*. *
=
appropriate version number)
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