🚀 go-pugleaf

  
   Luckily, the ST's built-in GEMDOS and XBIOS functions have no 
problem dealing with 10-sector, 83-track formats. It's the 11-sector
format that required messing with low-level disk functions (VERY 
ugly). 
  
   floprd(long a, 0L, int d, int s, int t, int si, int n) 
   flopwr(long a, 0L, int d, int s, int t, int si, int n) 
   flopfmt(long a, 0L, int d, int s, int t, int si, int i, long 
magic, int virgin) 
  
  
   a = address to buffer 
   d = disk drive number (0/1) 
   s = sector number; with flopfmt it contains the number of 
sectors/track 
   t = track number 
   si = side (0/1) 
   n = number of sectors to be read or written 
   i = interleave (usually 1). determines the order of the sectors 
within tracks. 
   magic = $87654321 (a constant used for formatting) 
   virgin = intitial value of sectors (usually $E5E5). Can be any 
number as long as the high nibbles are not F. 
  
  
   In addition to using flopfmt, you must write a bootsector to the 
disk. I'll have to find the relevant info, but I recommend you look 
in some book that covers XBIOS and GEMDOS (e.g., Compute's Third 
Book, ST Drives Inside & Out, a good C manual, etc).

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