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--AMIGADOS GUIDE V2.5--
FORMAT
USE:
This command formats 1 Meg disks to AmigaDOS/CrossDOS standards
depending on your machine type.
PATH:
SYS:System
SYSTEM:
2.0 (enhanced), 2.1 (enhanced), 3.0 (enhanced)
EXAMPLES:
1>FORMAT DRIVE DF0: Name "Mydisk"
1>FORMAT DRIVE DF1: Name "Mydisk" FFS
NOTES:
Format is equipped with various options to speed up disk read/write
times and efficiency.
These are explained below:
OFS - Old File System
Total Capacity - 830K
FFS - Fast File System
Total Capacity - 880K
DIRCACHE - Directory Caching
(speeds up directory reading)
INTL - International Mode
(Formats disk using the internal FS DOS type)
Simply include the keywords at the end of the command line and that
method will be used. (see example 2)