NAME

rp6fmt − format and/or check RP06 disk packs

DESCRIPTION

rp6fmt will format new RP06 packs and check used packs (with write inhibited).  The program reports the location and type of errors encountered, including ECC correctable error burst sizes. 

EXECUTION

The following example shows how to load rp6fmt on a VAX-11/780 with a UNIX 3.0 updated floppy disc:

>>>

HALTED AT nnnnnnnn

>>>B<cr>

CPU HALTED
INIT SEQ DONE
HALT INST EXECUTED
HALTED AT nnnnnnnn
LOAD DONE, nnnnnnnnn BYTES LOADED

$$

To execute rp6fmt, type /stand/rp6fmt after the standalone shell prompt $$.  The formatter will print out its command vocabulary, and proceed inter-actively.  If one wishes to format a pack on disk drive 1, for example, the command is d1f.  The program will double check format requests, as pack contents will be destroyed. 

COMMANDS

m n MBA with drive doing the format is n. (defaults to 0)

d n drive with the pack to be formatted or checked is n. (drive number must be between 1 and 7)

f format pack

c check pack format

q quit

v print vocabulary

R n set the error report level to n.

X will tell you about the available report levels. 

The X command will explain the Report Level options the first time it is executed.  Subsequent execution by the operator or by the program during error logging, will merely print the information defined by the current report level. 

FILES

/stand/rp6fmt

SEE ALSO

vaxops(8). 

May 16, 1980  —  VAX-11/780 stand-alone only