21 Nov
2014
21 Nov
'14
10:01 p.m.
On 11/21/2014 09:21 PM, Jerome H. Fine wrote:
One point to mention (or clarify) is that for DEC, the FORMAT
operation did NOT include writing the file structure. For the PC,
the FORMAT command does BOTH an LLF as well as writing
an initial root file structure (FAT16??) on the floppy media. But
for DEC hardware with both the RX01 and the RX02, writing
the file structure made use of the INITIALIZE command (at least
under RT-11 and something similar under RSTS/E and RSX-11).
So with DEC PDP-11 operating systems which used 8" floppy
media, the user understood very clearly the difference between
the FORMAT and INITIALIZE commands and what each one
did.
Sort of like Unix mkfs?
--Chuck