SSC Format PCMCIA

PCMCIA cards (or compact flash with PCMCIA adapter) may be not larger than:

• Rls 24 and earlier: 48Meg
• Rls 25.08 and later: 64Meg

Note: Cards with capacities greater than 64 Meg are NOT supported.

An SSC has two PCMCIA slots:

• A: Drive for Archive
• B: Drive for Backup

To format a PCMCIA card in an SSC faceplate slot (FAT16), you'll need to drop into PDT.

• The command is simply: pcmciaformat <drive>

Example:

PDT:  login on /sio/0
Password: 
PDT in Progress. Please Wait....

Done!

pdt> cd b:
pdt> ll

Directory of 'b:':

   SIZE          DATE       TIME         NAME    
----------   -----------  --------   ------------
       512   Oct-16-2018  12:04:26   U                         <DIR>

pdt> pcmciaformat b:                                   a: if card in slot A
PCMCIA 'b:' will be formatted (y/n) ?y
Formatting PCMCIA 'b:'
Format complete
pdt> ll

Directory of 'b:':

   SIZE          DATE       TIME         NAME    
----------   -----------  --------   ------------

pdt> chkdsk
Volume in drive 'b:' has no label
63823872 bytes free on 'b:'                            it's a 64Meg card
pdt> exit
PDT in Progress. Please Wait....Done!

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