Radio Shack Telephone Interface II System Manual

CHAPTER
5: HARD
DISK
SYSTEM
PREPARATION/TRSDOS-II
Preparing
Your
Primary
Hard
Disk
(Drive
4)
This
chapter shows
how
to
prepare
your
hard
disk
for
TRSDOS-II/TRSDOS
programs.
If you
have
prepared
your
hard
disk
for
TRS-XENIX
programs,
skip
this chapter.
Copy
Your
Hard
Disk
Files
If you
have
stored
information
on
a
hard
disk,
use
the
SAVE or
MOVE
command
(see your
TRSDOS-ti
Reference
Manual)
to
make
copies of
the files.
Use FORMAT
to initialize
When
the
Hard
Disk System
is
installed,
all
hard
disk drives
are
effectively
'blank.
M
Consequently,
each drive (Primary
and
Secondary)
must
be formatted
before
the Hard
Disk
System can
operate
under
hard
disk
control.
Once the
System
is
powered-up,
you must initialize
the
Primary
Drive by transferring
the operating
system
(TRSDOS-II)
to Drive 4.
To do this,
use
the
utility FORMAT,
which is
contained
on the
TRSDOS-II
Operating
System
diskette
Follow
this
procedure to
format
Drive 4 and
move
TRSDOS-II
to
Drive 4.
1.
Power
up your System
as described earlier.
2.
The
error message
BOOT
ERROR HN
will be
displayed.
Press RESET
then (REPEAT)
[BREAK) or (REPEAT)
fESE) .
If
Drive
4
has
previously
been
formatted
and if you
wish
to
re-format,
you will
need
to insert
the floppy
diskette
containing
the FORMAT
program
into
Drive
and
start-up
the
System
under
control of floppy
diskette
TRSDOS-II
as
described
earlier.
3.
When
the prompt
INSERT
DISKETTE
appears,
insert the
floppy
diskette (labeled
TRSDOS-II
Operating
System)
into
Drive
and close
the drive
door,
4.
Answer
the date and
time
prompts.
5.
When
TRSDOS-II
Ready
appears, type
FORMAT
specify
any
options,
and
press
CENTER)
.
(
FORMAT
4
HDS
=
6,
CYL
=
306
(ENTER] will
format
drive
4
for
6 read/write
heads
and 306
cylinders and
automatically
transfer
TRSDOS-II
to drive 4.
(The
FORMAT
program
takes
about
15-20
minutes
to run.)
The
FORMAT
program
will
then
load
and
format Drive
4,
FORMAT
will automatically
move
TRSDOS-II
to
the
Hard
Disk
(Drive
4).
6.
When
TRSDOS-II
Ready
re-appears,
you may
either
format
the
secondary
hard
disk
(5)
or
press
RESET
to
boot from
the
newly
formatted
drive
4,
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Radio Shack Telephone Interface II Specifications

General

Brand	Radio Shack
Model	Telephone Interface II
Category	Desktop
Language	English