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From: Ed Federmeyer <fedeedw@charlie.cns.iit.edu>
Newsgroups: scea.yaroze.problems.pc
Subject: Re: Formatting a memory card
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 18:20:22 -0500
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Pradip Fatehpuria wrote:
> 
> There is no direct way to format a memory card on a PlayStation. In
> order to avoid accidental re-formatting etc. this featutre is provided
> by individual game software.  Most of the games out there support
> formatting of the card.

Using the "SIOCONS.EXE" program to get the ">>" prompt on the Yaroze,
I saw a "format" command.  Unfortunatly, I tried everything
but "format bu10:", (I thought it was bu1: or bu2:.  Not until
after I just played a game of Crash Bandicoot to a save point
and used that to make the game format the card for me, did I realise
the second memory card device is bu10:

You might try "format bu10:" at the SIOCONS prompt.

Ed Federmeyer