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4.4
Local Format
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LOCAL CM1ANDS
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This command WILL NOT WRITE THE DIRECTORY on the media.
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Most HP computers require an INITIALIZATION or
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equivalent command to do it.
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local
formattin~
supports HP format only. It applies to both
single- and doub1e-slded diskettes. Follow these steps:
1. load the diskette to
be
formatted into the drive. Make sure the
diskette is write-enabled.
2. Press the BACKUP button, and the LEO on the button should
be
lit. Release the button.
3. Press and release the SELECT button till "FB" appears on the
display.
4. Press and release the SELECT and BACKUP buttons simultaneously
for at least
1/3
of a second. The format process has started,
and the LED in front of the floppy drive shoul d
be
1i
t.
5. When the port number appears on the di sp 1 ay, the command is
completed, and the subsystem is on-line again.
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