User`s guide

INITIALIZE
If the volume being initialized contains bad blocks, RT–11 displays the locations
of the bad blocks in octal and in decimal, as in the following example:
.INITIALIZE/BADBLOCKS DL0:
DL0:/Initialize; Are you sure? Y
Block Type
000120 80. Hard
000471 313. Hard
000521 337. Hard
?DUP-W-Bad blocks detected 3.
The left column lists the locations in octal, and the middle column lists the
locations in decimal. The right column indicates the type of bad block found:
hard or soft.
/DOS
Initializes a DECtape for DOS–11 format.
/FILE:filespec
Initializes a magtape and creates a bootable tape. For filespec, substitute the
primary boot for your type of tape device. See the RT–11 Installation Guide for
more information.
The following example creates a bootable magtape on an MS device:
.INITIALIZE/FILE:MSBOOT.BOT MS0:
/INTERCHANGE
Initializes a diskette for interchange format. The following example initializes
DX1 in interchange format:
.INITIALIZE/INTERCHANGE DX1:
DX1:/Init; Are you sure? Y
NOTE
The directory of an initialized interchange diskette
has a single file entry, DATA, that reserves the entire
diskette. You must delete this file before you can
write any new files on the diskette. Do this by using
the following command:
DELETE/INTERCHANGE DX1:DATA
This is necessary for IBM compatibility.
/[NO]QUERY
/QUERY requests confirmation before it initializes a device. Respond by typing
Y (or any string beginning with Y)
RETURN
to initiate execution of the command.
RT–11 interprets any other response to mean NO. /QUERY is the default
operation.
/NOQUERY suppresses the confirmation message RT–11 displays before it
proceeds with the initialization.
148 RT–11 Command Descriptions