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- From: tim@lenti.med.umn.edu (Tim Leonard)
- Subject: Re: Re-partitioning GVP 500HD with 2.04 and FAAASTprep?
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- References: <1993Jan3.161716.5511@news2.cis.umn.edu> <64sVwB2w165w@coyote.datalog.com>
- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 19:08:44 GMT
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- In article <64sVwB2w165w@coyote.datalog.com> cobra@coyote.datalog.com (Ken Thompson) writes:
- >
- >* You should be able to boot up in 1.x mode (and using the 2.x ROM, it'll
- >be running in 2.x mode...), and then fire up the FaaastPrep program to
- >clean off the HD.
- >
- >You've already saved the drive contents...this is good; as you'll need to
- >reformat the drive in order to create the partition.
- >
- >The manual I have on the HD+ drive gives enough detail to partition the
- >drives...I created a ten meg DH0: and have two 53 Meg partitions for
- >Work: junk and Data: junk. If you give it a size that you want, it'll
- >let you know how much room you have and whether you have the room to
- >format a partition of the sizes you request...it's pretty
- >self-explanitory.
- >
-
- Thanks. I guess the only real difference is that, as someonelse told me,
- the "Automatic" set-up option does not function well under 2.04. Nice
- to know I can still use the old disk. Just wish that the manual was a
- little more thorough.
-
- Tonight's the big night :-|
-
- Tim Leonard tim@lenti.med.umn.edu
-