Fairlight-CMI

Hi everyone,

I've noticed formatting floppies on a Series III it takes quite 
quite some time. Around 10+ mins per disc. Is this right, or is 
there possibly something wrong with my drive?

I'm doing this in OS9, but without actually 'fully' quitting from 
CMI, ie by pressing "$", instead of typing "QUIT". I might try a 
full quit, see what happens...

Does anyone use Nashua 8" discs? That's what I'm using, but don't 
know if they're a decent quality.

Also, on my last format I got "number of good sectors: $0010C9". Is 
this about right?

Cheers,
Peter

Peter,

for reference, formatting/partitioning external SCSI HD's
on a Series III takes me about 25 minutes or more per HD.
I believe it is recommended to exit CMI software completely when
doing formatting, not just shell out.

David


--- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, "Peter" <PeterC@C...> wrote:
> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I've noticed formatting floppies on a Series III it takes quite 
> quite some time. Around 10+ mins per disc. Is this right, or is 
> there possibly something wrong with my drive?
> 
> I'm doing this in OS9, but without actually 'fully' quitting from 
> CMI, ie by pressing "$", instead of typing "QUIT". I might try a 
> full quit, see what happens...
> 
> Does anyone use Nashua 8" discs? That's what I'm using, but don't 
> know if they're a decent quality.
> 
> Also, on my last format I got "number of good sectors: $0010C9". 
Is 

> this about right?
> 
> Cheers,
> Peter