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TEAC SCSI FLOPPY FORMAT DOC July 2/91
TSFFx.doc for x ={1,2,4} Copyright 1991 by Harvey Taylor
What it is
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The TEAC SCSI Floppy needs to have its floppies formatted by the
SCSI controller. This is accomplished by sending an appropriate
MODE_SELECT and then a FORMAT command via SCSI Direct.
If things seem okay, TSFFx will prompt you to hit <RETURN>.
Command Lines
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You must run TSFFx from the CLI.
TSFF4 ? /* Prints format */
TSFF2 /* USES DEFAULTS */
TSFF1 scsi.device 3
The template is TFFx [xxx.device scsi_id]
The defaults are harddisk.device and 1
Examples
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To use the drive with a 4 Meg disk
1) Mount SD4:
eg. use the command line
1> Mount SD4:
2) SCSI Format with TSFF4
eg.
1> TSFF2
3) AmigaDOS Format
eg.
1> Format drive SD4: name Test.0 noicons quick
4) Test if the system sees it
eg. use the command line
1> info
1> list sd4:
5) If you wanted an MSDOS disk (under CrossDos[see note 1])
you would use mformat instead.
eg.
1> Mount SI4:
1> TSFF4
1> Mformat drive si4: name Mtest.0 quick
1> info
Note 1 I have not tried MSH: I don't know if it will work.
Gotchas
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It is very easy to corrupt disks because the FastFileSystem [or the
MSDOSFileSystem] has no way of knowing if you have changed disks. You
either have to be very careful about doing DISKCHANGEs or use TSFADC.
This is a daemon which does occasional Test Unit Readys. If there is a
change in the SCSI status, it sends a disk change packet to the
handler.
Email Addr
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Harvey Taylor Meta Media Productions
uunet!van-bc!rsoft!mindlink!Harvey_Taylor
a186@mindlink.bc.ca
The TSF suite and documentation is all Copyright 1991 by Harvey Taylor