/// <summary>
/// Formats the specified using the specified partition informations.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="aDisk">The disk to format.</param>
/// <param name="partitionInfos">The partition informations to use for the format.</param>
public static void FormatDisk(Hardware.Devices.DiskDevice aDisk, List partitionInfos)
{
//Necessary to remove any trace of GPT:
// Overwrite first 256 sectors with 0s (should do the trick)
aDisk.WriteBlock(0UL, 256U, null);
#if MBR_TRACE
BasicConsole.WriteLine("Creating new MBR data...");
#endif
byte[] newMBRData = new byte[512];
newMBRData[0x1FE] = 0x55;
newMBRData[0x1FF] = 0xAA;
#if MBR_TRACE
BasicConsole.WriteLine(((FOS_System.String)"Set signature: ") + newMBRData[0x1FE] + " " + newMBRData[0x1FF]);
BasicConsole.DelayOutput(1);
BasicConsole.WriteLine(((FOS_System.String)"Num new partitions: ") + partitionInfos.Count);
BasicConsole.DelayOutput(1);
#endif
uint part1Offset = 0x1BE;
for (uint i = 0; i < partitionInfos.Count; i++)
{
PartitionInfo partInfo = (PartitionInfo)partitionInfos[(int)i];
uint partOffset = part1Offset + (0x10 * i);
#if MBR_TRACE
BasicConsole.WriteLine(((FOS_System.String)"Partition ") + i + " @ " + partOffset);
BasicConsole.WriteLine(((FOS_System.String)"Bootable : ") + partInfo.Bootable);
BasicConsole.WriteLine(((FOS_System.String)"SystemID : ") + partInfo.SystemID);
BasicConsole.WriteLine(((FOS_System.String)"StartSector : ") + partInfo.StartSector);
BasicConsole.WriteLine(((FOS_System.String)"SectorCount : ") + partInfo.SectorCount);
BasicConsole.DelayOutput(2);
#endif
//Bootable / active
newMBRData[partOffset + 0] = (byte)(partInfo.Bootable ? 0x81 : 0x00);
//System ID
newMBRData[partOffset + 4] = partInfo.SystemID;
//Start sector
newMBRData[partOffset + 8] = (byte)(partInfo.StartSector);
newMBRData[partOffset + 9] = (byte)(partInfo.StartSector >> 8);
newMBRData[partOffset + 10] = (byte)(partInfo.StartSector >> 16);
newMBRData[partOffset + 11] = (byte)(partInfo.StartSector >> 24);
//Sector count
newMBRData[partOffset + 12] = (byte)(partInfo.SectorCount);
newMBRData[partOffset + 13] = (byte)(partInfo.SectorCount >> 8);
newMBRData[partOffset + 14] = (byte)(partInfo.SectorCount >> 16);
newMBRData[partOffset + 15] = (byte)(partInfo.SectorCount >> 24);
#if MBR_TRACE
BasicConsole.WriteLine("Reading back data...");
byte bootable = newMBRData[partOffset + 0];
byte systemID = newMBRData[partOffset + 4];
UInt32 startSector = ByteConverter.ToUInt32(newMBRData, partOffset + 8);
UInt32 sectorCount = ByteConverter.ToUInt32(newMBRData, partOffset + 12);
BasicConsole.WriteLine(((FOS_System.String)"Bootable : ") + bootable);
BasicConsole.WriteLine(((FOS_System.String)"SystemID : ") + systemID);
BasicConsole.WriteLine(((FOS_System.String)"StartSector : ") + startSector);
BasicConsole.WriteLine(((FOS_System.String)"SectorCount : ") + sectorCount);
BasicConsole.DelayOutput(2);
#endif
}
#if MBR_TRACE
BasicConsole.WriteLine("Writing data...");
#endif
aDisk.WriteBlock(0UL, 1U, newMBRData);
#if MBR_TRACE
BasicConsole.WriteLine("Data written.");
BasicConsole.DelayOutput(1);
#endif
aDisk.CleanCaches();
}