Disk Mode
Partition Support in Disk Mode
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Partition Support in Disk Mode
Basic Operations
This is how the Disk mode page looks when you’re viewing a hard disk. Note the partition ID
(0, which indicates the first partition), which is included in the path information. The
partition ID for unpartitioned disks is always 0. There’s no real limit to the number of partitions
your disk can contain; the K2661 should be able to read all of them. Nevertheless, 20 or so
partitions is a reasonable maximum.
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The K2661 records path information up to the disk level. In other words, the K2661 tracks your
movement within directories and partitions (but not from disk to disk). As long as you’re
addressing the same disk, the K2661 has all the information it needs to load or save files (or any
other Disk-mode command).
When you select a different disk, the first command you execute causes the K2661 to prompt
you to select a partition. Once you do so, you won’t see the prompt again until the next time you
change disks and execute another command.
Navigation
Many disk-operation dialogs (the Save dialog, for example) include file lists, where you select
the file to save, delete, copy, or whatever. Any time you’re navigating through the directories in
a file list, you can select a different partition.
1. Press the Root soft button to select the root directory for the current partition. The path
information in the top line of the display will look something like Dir:0\. The 0 (or some
other numeral) is the partition ID, and the backslash (\) denotes the root directory. (You
can also press Parent one or more times to get to the root directory.)
2. Press Root or Parent to display the partition selector, which prompts you to select a
partition to mount.
3. Select a partition ID, then press OK.
The quickest way to get to the partition selector is to press Root twice in succession. This brings
you to the partition selector from anywhere in the file list.
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