[N8VEM: 19482] ROMWBW 2.7.1 disk formatting

[Bob Devries]

What is the procedure for formatting disks in the current build of
ROMWBW? FORMAT.COM seems to be a stub only; check the format.asm file...
no code there.

Regards, Bob Devries
Dalby, QLD, Australia

[Wayne Warthen]

Yup, FORMAT.COM is a stub that I have plans to work on.

For now, use FD.COM (previously called FDTST.COM). It is a menu-driven
floppy disk tool that will allow you to physically format a floppy. Be
sure to select the correct floppy media first. Once physically formatted,
it is ready to use as a CP/M disk. If you want to boot from it, you will
need to use SYSCOPY.COM to put the system tracks on it. Something like
SYSCOPY C:=ZSYS.SYS would put the ZSystem boot tracks in place.

Thanks,

Wayne

Post by Bob Devries
What is the procedure for formatting disks in the current build of
ROMWBW? FORMAT.COM seems to be a stub only; check the format.asm file...
no code there.
Regards, Bob Devries
Dalby, QLD, Australia