HDFORMAT

A new (or recycled) fixed disk must be physically formatted,
partitioned, and logically formatted before use.  The first
step is running the physical format program HDFORMAT.EXE.

WARNING:  Formatting erases everything, repeat, EVERYTHING!
on a fixed disk.  If any files are on the fixed disk you
intend to format, transfer them to a diskette before you
start formatting the hard disk.

The Hard Disk Physical Format Program

The HDFORMAT Menu

Change to the \DOS directory in C drive, type HDFORMAT and
press Enter.  The following HDFORMAT menu appears:


          Hard Disk Physical Format

       F1 Fixed Disk 1
       F2 Fixed Disk 2
       F3 Increase Interleave
       F4 Decrease Interleave
       Esc     Exit

               Interleave  01


Press function key F1 to format the first fixed disk. If you
have two fixed disk drives, and you have already formatted
the first one, press function key F2 to format the second
fixed disk drive.

Note the words Interleave 01 in the lower right corner.  You
can increase or decrease the interleave factor by pressing
function key F3 or F4.  However, we recommend an interleave
factor of 1 for an Embedded Hard Disk Drive.

Bad Sector Information

After you press F1, the screen displays this message:


        Do you want defect format (Y/N)?

Press Y.  Two blank boxes appear, labeled Cylinder and Head.

Enter the bad sector values for the cylinder and head taken
from the bad sector list on your fixed disk drive.  Be
careful to put the cylinder and head values in the correct
column.  First enter the cylinder number and press Enter,
then enter the head number and press Enter.  Repeat this
procedure to enter all bad sector values.  Entering this
information tells the system not to store data on these
defective areas.

If there are more than 15 entries, press the PgDn key.
Additional entry spaces scroll onto the screen.

Formatting

After you finish entering the bad sector information, press
F10 to start the formatting process.
 The following prompt appears:


      Physical formatting fixed disk drive --> 1
      Warning!  Data in this fixed disk will be lost.
      Are you sure (Y/N) ?


Press Y to begin formatting. The fixed disk drive activity
light on the front panel comes on, and a message similar to
this appears:


        Physical formatting fixed disk drive --> 1
        Head        00
        Cylinder    00000


The head and cylinder numbers are decremented until the
formatting process is complete.

An exceptionally slow formatting speed may indicate that the
drive is preformatted or the fixed disk type number entered
in SETUP is incorrect.  Press Esc to abort the formatting
process, then check to determine whether the drive is
preformatted or the type number is incorrect.  If necessary,
begin the physical format program again.

If not properly connected or installed, this error message
appears:


         No attached fixed disk found.
         Please press any key to continue.....
         Please strike any key ........


Press any key to return to the fixed disk physical format
option menu.  Check that the fixed disk is properly
installed and connected, then attempt to format it again.

After the formatting procedure is completed successfully,
the fixed disk physical format option menu appears again.
Press any key to return to the HDFORMAT main menu, then
press Esc to exit HDFORMAT.

Formatting an ESDI Drive

This manual cannot give specific instructions for formatting
an ESDI drive.  Formatting instructions should come from the
drive controller manufacturer.  In the absence of any
guidance from the manufacturer, follow these directions:

Insert a bootable diskette (such as the backup MS-DOS system
diskette) in the A drive.  Boot the system by pressing the
reset button or switching the power off and then on.  When
the DOS A> prompt appears, remove the boot diskette and
insert the diskette containing the DEBUG program.  Type
DEBUG and press Enter.

The debug prompt, a hyphen, appears.  At the prompt, type:

     g=c800:5<cr>

Do not include any spaces.  Follow the program prompts,
entering default parameters when presented with unfamiliar
options.
