Entry point for low-level format on XT controllers?

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From: David Ruggiero
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 04:08

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My memory is good but a bit rusty...could someone remind me what the
entry point into the BIOS on a standard XT disk controller that
initiates a low-level format? I recall typing something into DEBUG
like:

 g:C800:5

....but this doesn't seem to work. I *could* try to scrape up a utility
to do this, but that would mean me going to the machine rather than
trying to fix it over the phone, and it seems a shame given that I know
that the code is *somewhere* is the bios...

Email would be appreciated; I will summarize and repost any answers.

Thanks!

-- 
David Ruggiero  (jdavid@halcyon.com)       Seattle, WA: Home of the Moss People

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