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Bad diskette stack overflow! #4

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@shidel

When formatting a diskette with bad sectors, FORMAT has a stack overflow after completing the format before displaying a summary. Requires a diskette with bad sectors.

C:\>format a: /u
 Insert new diskette for drive A:
 Press ENTER when the right disk is in drive...
Using drive default: 1440k (Cyl=80 Head=2 Sec=18)
Please enter volume label (max. 11 chars):
No label, disk will have no creation timestamp.
 Full Formatting (wiping all data)
Sector   95 CHS=[ 2:1: 6] bad
Sector  131 CHS=[ 3:1: 6] bad
Sector  167 CHS=[ 4:1: 6] bad
100 percent completed.
Found 3 bad sectors during formatting.
 Preparing FAT area...
100 percent completed.
Stack Overflow!
C:\>logger p>fmtBug02.log

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