diff --git a/format/main.c b/format/main.c
index a7f8ec7..51d08e7 100644
--- a/format/main.c
+++ b/format/main.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include "ubixfs.h"
 #include "superblock.h"
 #include "inode.h"
+#include "btree.h"
 
 static void usage() {
   fprintf(stderr, "usage: format [-q] disk [slice]\n");
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@
   short batSize     = 0x0;
   u_int32_t blocks  = 0x0;
   u_int32_t batSect = 0x0;
+  bTreeHeader * bth = (bTreeHeader *)malloc(4096);
   char sector[512];
   char q = 0x0;
 
@@ -151,15 +153,25 @@
   sb->logStart = 0;
   sb->logEnd = 0;
   // sb->magic3 = ?
-  sb->indicies.allocationGroup = 1;
+  sb->indicies.allocationGroup = 0;
   sb->indicies.start = 0;
-  sb->indicies.len = 1;
+  sb->indicies.len = 0;
 
   sb->rootDir.allocationGroup = 2;
   sb->rootDir.start = 0;
   sb->rootDir.len = 1;
 
-  fwrite(sb,512,1,fd);
+  fwrite(sb, 512, 1, fd);
+
+// write out the root dir
+
+  memset(bth, sb->blockSize, 0);
+  bth->firstDeleted = -1;
+  rewind(fd);
+  fseek(fd,  
+        sb->rootDir.allocationGroup * sb->blockSize * sb->blocksPerAG, 
+        SEEK_SET);
+  fwrite(bth, 4096, 1, fd);
 
 
   /* Write BAT */
@@ -191,6 +203,9 @@
 
 /***
  $Log$
+ Revision 1.8  2004/09/06 10:24:56  flameshadow
+ chg: sync
+
  Revision 1.7  2004/09/03 14:05:41  reddawg
  Fixed format to move super block
 
diff --git a/include/inode.h b/include/inode.h
index 7543322..6a1bb18 100644
--- a/include/inode.h
+++ b/include/inode.h
@@ -38,15 +38,14 @@
 //  inodeAddr   attributes    __attribute__ ((packed));
   uInt32      type          __attribute__ ((packed));
   int32       inodeSize     __attribute__ ((packed));
-  ubixfsInode * parentBigPtr __attribute__ ((packed));
-  ubixfsInode * parent      __attribute__ ((packed));
-  ubixfsInode * nextBigPtr  __attribute__ ((packed));
-  ubixfsInode * next        __attribute__ ((packed));
-  ubixfsInode * prevBigPtr  __attribute__ ((packed));
-  ubixfsInode * prev        __attribute__ ((packed));
+  void * parentBigPtr __attribute__ ((packed));
+  void * parent      __attribute__ ((packed));
+  void * nextBigPtr  __attribute__ ((packed));
+  void * next        __attribute__ ((packed));
+  void * prevBigPtr  __attribute__ ((packed));
+  void * prev        __attribute__ ((packed));
 // binodeEtc *etc ??
   dataStream  data          __attribute__ ((packed));
-  int32       pad[4]        __attribute__ ((packed));
-  char       smallData[3620]  __attribute__ ((packed));
+  char       smallData[3636]  __attribute__ ((packed));
 } ubixfsInode;
 #endif