=================================================================== RCS file: /MkLinux/floppy-darwin/NOTES,v retrieving revision 1.13 retrieving revision 1.14 diff -u -r1.13 -r1.14 --- floppy-darwin/NOTES 2002/06/02 01:36:17 1.13 +++ floppy-darwin/NOTES 2002/06/17 19:04:37 1.14 @@ -8,6 +8,14 @@ corrupted. The most likely cause would be that the code to initialize the track in the cache is broken and is writing a track that's too long. More info when I find the bug. + a. it looks like the format code was writing too long a track, for + one thing. This has been fixed. I've also fixed a few related + glitches caused by an incorrect fix for the long track problem. + b. there is some question about whether it is reasonable to format + the track cache for GCR in the places where this is done. + c. the track cache must be purged after formatting or reads will + fail. Hard. + 2. Formatting nit: you should not be allowed to try to format a SSDD disk as double-sided. This should be done in a way that doesn't prevent you from taking a DSDD disk that wass previously