Flopfmt
ske w tabl lo ng
bu ffer lo n g
Results
DO statu s w o rd
See also
P r o to b t( ), F lo p w r ()
T his p a r a m e te r is ig n ored in th e early
(p re-b litter) v e rsio n o f T O S , b u t in th e
later v ers io n s of T O S , m a y b e u sed to
ch an g e th e se cto r interleave. W h en interlev
is s et to - 1 , th is p ara m e te r sh ou ld p oin t
to an a rra y th a t c on ta in s a 16-b it se cto r
n u m b er fo r ea ch s e cto r, in th e o rd e r in
w h ich se cto rs are to ap p e a r o n su ccess iv e
track s.
A p o in te r to a m e m o ry are a u se d to hold
th e d ata to be w ritte n to th e n ew ly -fo r
m atte d track . F o r a flo pp y u sin g 9 secto rs
p er tra ck , an 8K bu ffer is re co m m e n d ed .
T h e b uffe r m u st sta rt on an e v en ad d re ss.
O p e ra tio n s tatu s c od e. Z e ro m e a n s n o e rro rs, an d
n o n ze ro co d e re p re se n ts a sy ste m erro r co d e. If th e
form a t fails d u e to n on v erifie d s ec to rs , a list of ba d
se cto rs is retu rn ed in th e bu ffer.
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