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from: schmidtd
date: 2008-02-10 15:35:34
subject: Re: ADTPro client disk format problems

On Feb 9, 11:09 am, "Andrew C."  wrote:
> On 2008-02-09, schmidtd  wrote:> The
problem is... I added a check to the SmartPort format routine that
> > checks if a device needs to be low-level formatted or not to be
> > compatible with CFFA-type devices.  Well, turns out... that routine
> > decides that 3.5" disks don't need to be low-level formatted
> > either. :-/  Not so good.  I'll get that fixed, as well as Nick's
> > suggestion to wrap the routine with interrupt protection and life
> > should get better for formatting.
>
> I just wanted to add that while I know nowhere near enough about
> hardware to understand the specifics of what you're talking about, I'm
> incredibly grateful for ADTPro and your work on it. Many thanks!
You're quite welcome.  I think I squashed both formatting bugs (there
was one specific to Disk II, and one specific to SmartPort devices)
and released another embarrassingly quick release today...

http://adtpro.sourceforge.net
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