Date   : Mon, 05 Jan 1998 17:52:31 +0100
From   : Dejan Ristanovic <dejanr@...>
Subject: Re: Acorn DFS

>> I have recently purchased a BBC B. I used to have one years ago.
>> 
>> However, the disk formatting command that I remember, *FORM, does not 
>> appear to work under Acorn DFS (it tries to look for a file named 
>> FORM).

If I remember it correctly, Acorn DFS does not have a formatting command.
You have to use a utility supplied on a diskette. Watford DFS have
*FORM40 and *FORM80 commands (format 40/80 tracks).

Hope this helps.

Dejan

(www.sezampro.yu/~dejanr)