DOS FORMAT PATCHES
 
	 DOS 2.0 & DOS 2.1 format programs have a limitation that
	 causes a "Track 0 Defective" message to be displayed if a
	 media defect is found above a 16 megabyte storage range. The
	 following patch procedure will correct the problem.
 
	 Copy DEBUG.COM and format.com to a spare diskette. Bracketed
	 portions are operator entries ie.[example] <CR> = return key.
 
	 Rename patched format program for future reference
	 ie..pformat.
 
	      DOS 2.0				DOS 2.1
 
	 DEBUG FORMAT.COM	    <CR>    DEBUG FORMAT.COM	  <CR>
 
	 [-E 292]		    <CR>    [-E 2DA]		  <CR>
 
	 xxxx.0292 7D.[73]	    <CR>    xxxx.02DA 7D.[73]	  <CR>
 
	 [-E 2d9]		    <CR>    [-E 323]		  <CR>
 
	 xxxx.02D9 7F.[73]	    <CR>    xxxx.0323 7F.[73]	  <CR>
 
	 -W			    <CR>    -W			  <CR>
 
	 Provided by Jack McClure from the Tulin Corp. installation
	 guide revision 2 March 20,1985.
 
[Note from Dallas RBBS-PC: We had a report that recent copies of DOS 2.1
FORMAT did not match the 7D/7F bytes shown above. It's possible that IBM
has made a correction. Meanwhile, these patches seem to match the DOS 2.0
FORMAT with CRCK4 of 66 EC and DOS 2.1 FORMAT with CRCK4 of 20 59.
 
Dave Crane 6/24/85]
patches seem to match the DOS 2.0
FORMAT with CR