Load
destination
disKette
<ENTER>
Insert the destination diskette
and
press
(ENTER)
to
continue, or press
(BREAK)
to return to TRSDOS Ready.
If you specify the drive number, disk name, or master password
in
the
command line, you are not prompted for them.
If
you specify either the
DEN
or CYL parameters, the system uses the
default values for the other parameters.
If you enter a FORMAT command without specifying any parameters,
you are prompted for them
in
the following order:
Which
drive
is
to
be
used?
Enter the number of the drive
you
are formatting
in.
Disf,ette
narTle?
Enter any name with
up
to eight alphanumeric characters. The first
character must be a letter. Press
(ENTER)
and the disk name defaults
to DATADISK.
Master
password?
Enter any password with
up
to eight alphanumeric characters. The
first character must
be
a letter. Pressing
(ENTER)
causes the master
password to default to PASSWORD.
The remaining prompts concern the type of diskette you are using.
Press
(ENTER)
in
answer
to
each of them if you are using standard
Radio Shack diskettes.
Sin9'le
or
Double
density
<S,D>?
Enter
CIJ
for single density or
CID
for double density. Press
(ENTER)
and the value defaults to double density.
NUMber
of
cylinders?
Enter any number from 35 to
40
on
TRS-80 hardware. Pressing
(ENTER)
causes the system to default to the value set with the
SYSTEM (CYL
=)
command. If this value
is
not set, the default is 40
cylinders.
If you are formatting
in
Drive
0,
the folloWing prompt appears after
you answer the cylinders question:
Loa
d
des
tin
at
ion
dis
K
(ENTER)
It
is important that you do not remove the system disk and insert the
disk to be formatted until this prompt appears. Several seconds after
you swap disks, you are prompted to put the system disk back
in
Drive 0 with the message:
Load
SYSTEM
disf,
(ENTER)
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