[Coco] Formatting /R0 quickly.

[Robert Gault]

Paul T. Barton wrote:

> Robert,
> And anyone else using this software driver,
> 
> I got the /R0 to format quickly by DMODE'ing
> the TYP from $40 to $80. This is not legal,
> but it does force FORMAT to ask questions,
> so that a person can answer no,
> and skip the "numbers going by".
> 
> I use script files and have one file named
> "ynn" which contains three lines:
> Y
> N
> N
> 
> So, doing something like this:
> 
> FORMAT /r0 "RAMDISK" r < /dd/cmds/ynn
> 
> in a script file does the format and
> skips the numbers. Now this is quicker
> and much better than 22 minutes waiting
> for a smaller ramdisk.
> 
> Paul

Neat! Making the ram disk a "hard disk" type is just as legal as any 
other type, although non-standard might seem better. The only problem 
might be your heart going into your mouth as you wonder if you typed /r0 
or /h0  :)