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Appendix F -

Flash Formatting Software

This Appendix contains instructions for the use of Flash memory on the EPC-33/34.

This software is used to format a resident Flash array (RFA) such as the one present

on the EPC-33/34. Command line options for the device driver and syntax for the

formatting command are included here for completeness.

Included here is an overview of TrueFFS, followed by installation instructions, some

conformance information, and a section describing how to use the Flash formatting

software. There is information about troubleshooting at the end of this section.

Portions of Appendix F are copyrighted by M-Systems, Inc.

An Overview of TrueFFS

TrueFFS provides full disk emulation of Flash memory devices for DOS-compatible

machines.

TrueFFS runs on MS-DOS or PC-DOS, Version 2.0 or higher, Windows and DR

DOS.

To be active, TrueFFS should be installed and resident on the computer in the form

of a device driver or terminate-and-stay-resident (TSR) program. Once TrueFFS is

installed, it may be used to read from and write to the Flash medium. In fact, the full

DOS functionality available for floppy disks is available for the Flash medium as

well. Files can be copied, viewed, or executed, directories can be created, and so on.