Disk Mode
Working With Partitions
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to create one or more logical drives within the extended partition (as described in Step 7).
The K2661 recognizes each of these logical drives as a separate partition).
7. When the extended partition is complete, you’ll see a prompt asking you to specify the
size for a logical drive. Specify a size up to 2 G, then press Escape. When the logical drive
is complete, the prompt returns. Repeat this step until you’ve used the remaining space in
the extended partition. Each of these partitions (logical drives) gets a drive letter as you
create it. Keep track of these, because you’ll need to format each partition. At any time in
this process, you can use FDISK Menu 3 to display the current list of partitions.
8. When you’re finished partitioning, press escape several times to exit FDISK.
9. Restart the computer.
10. Format each of the new partitions (using the drive letters you created with Steps 5
through 7). You can do this from the DOS prompt, or from Windows Explorer.
Partitioning from a PC is more time-consuming, but gives you more control over the number
and size of your partitions.
Partitioning Large Disks
The K2661 can address a maximum of 8 G of disk space, so there’s not much point in connecting
a larger disk to the K2661—unless you like to do a bit of hacking, in which case you may be able
to use a personal computer to format the extra space for use with that computer.
There are several disk-formatting utilities available for the Mac and PC. You may be able to use
one of these (including FDISK for the PC) to format a large hard disk with 8 G of space for the
K2661, and additional space that’s accessible to your computer.
Working With Partitions
Once your hard disk is formatted and partitioned, you should verify each partition before
attempting to store files. The quickest way to do this is to execute a Load command for each
partition. If the K2661 can read the disk (even though there are no files), the partition is OK. The
display informs you if there’s a problem addressing the partition.
One you’ve verified each partition, you can start using the disk with your K2661, and optionally
with a personal computer. If your disk is attached to the K2661 and nothing else, you’ll interact
with the hard disk exclusively through Disk mode. If you’re in Disk mode and you can’t get to a
partition, try reformatting the partition (see When Disks Are Already Partitioned on page 13-78). If
that doesn’t work, do a hard format on the disk, then format and partition it again.
If your hard disk is also attached to a computer, the computer should be able to address each
partition. PCs can address each partition as an individual drive (at a DOS prompt or via icons in
Windows), while Macs display a file icon for each partition.
Having a computer hooked up to the hard disk gives you another way to verify the formatting
and partitioning of the disk. Look at the disk from the K2661, then from the computer. If they
don’t have the same partition data (number of partitions, size of each partition), you could have
a formatting problem. In this case, you should start over by doing a hard format, then
proceeding to formatting and partitioning.
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