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- OSINFDSK - FDISK UTILITY INFORMATION USING OS/2 WARP, 2.1
- 10/24/94
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- FDISK UTILITY INFORMATION
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- Please Read Entire Document For Full Explanation of Procedures
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- The following procedures apply to OS/2 2.X and WARP.
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- NOTE: OS/2 WARP can be used instead of OS/2 2.X
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- Creating a Primary Partition and a Logical Drive for Data
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- This example shows how an existing primary partition of 80MB,
- that takes up the entire hard disk space, is replaced by:
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- A 45MB primary partition in which OS/2 will be installed
- A 35MB logical drive, that is used for programs and data.
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- This example does NOT involve installation of Boot Manager.
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- 1. BACK UP any data you want to save from an existing partition.
- (Use the BACKUP command from your existing operating system.)
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- 2. Insert the Installation Diskette and restart your system.
- Follow the instructions on the screen until Installation
- Drive Selection screen appears.
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- 3. From the Installation Drive Selection screen, start the FDISK
- program by selecting option 2, SPECIFY A DIFFERENT drive or
- partition.
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- 4. Delete the existing partition (that you have backed up):
- A. Press Enter to display the Options menu.
- B. Select Delete Partition and press Enter.
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- 5. Create the primary partition for OS/2 2.1:
- A. Press Enter to display the Options menu.
- B. Select Create Partition and press Enter.
- C. Type the size of primary partition (in this example, 45)
- and press Enter.
- D. Select Primary Partition and press Enter.
- E. Select Create at Start of Free Space and press Enter.
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- 6. Indicate that this partition should be used for OS/2 2.1
- installation:
- A. Press Enter to display the Options menu.
- B. Select Set Installable and press Enter.
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- 7. Create the logical drive for data:
- A. Highlight the Fres Space line.
- B. Press Enter to display the Option menu.
- C. Select Create Partition and press Enter.
- D. Press Enter to accept the size of the extended logical
- drive (35).
- E. Select Extended Logical Drive and press Enter.
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- NOTE: If you entered a number smaller than 35 for the
- size of the logical drive, you also have to select Create
- At Start of Free Space or Create at End of Free Space.
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- 8. Exit FDISK:
- A. Press F3.
- B. Select Save and Exit and press Enter.
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- 9. Continue with OS/2 installation until you see the OS/2 Setup
- and Installation Window.
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- 10. Format the logical drive.
- A. When the OS/2 Setup and Installation window appears,
- select Features and Install.
- B. Specify any changes to the System Configuration window.
- C. When the second OS/2 Setup and Installation window is
- displayed, select Options from the menu bar.
- D. Select Format.
- E. Indicate which file system you want to use to format the
- logical drive.
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- NOTE: If you can, format the logical drive for a file system
- that is different from the one that you formatted for the
- primary partition. For example, if the primary
- partition is formatted for the High Performance File
- System, you can format the logical partition for the
- File Allocation Table file system. This way, you can
- have both file systems installed on the hard disk.
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- 11. Finish the installation of OS/2 2.1.
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