Date   : Wed, 04 Sep 2002 14:21:20 +0100 (BST)
From   : jim <jim@...>
Subject: Re: BBC novice

On Wed, 4 Sep 2002, Dawn and Austin wrote:
> > 3. I keep getting " Disk Fault 18 at :0 01/00" whats that all about?
> 
> Not sure about the specific fault (18) but the disk probably isn't
> formatted, or is damaged.

Fault 18 is 8271-ese for "Sector not found", which usually means that the
disc isn't formatted. The other common ones are 0E "Data CRC error" and 0C
"ID CRC error" meaning that the data on disc is corrupt. (the number is
just the contents of the 8271 result register, in hex).

A thought strikes me in connection with this: the Master uses a WD1770 (or
a 1772?) disc controller not a 8271, which presumably has different error
codes:  does the 1770 DFS then translate the codes into 8271 ones?

jim
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