Radio Shack TRS-80 - Chapter 3: Basic Math Operations

When partitioning a hand disk
drive into
logical
drives, you
must
assign at least ono
read/write
head to
each
logical
drive,
and you
cannot assign parts ol heads. Otherwise,
you
can
assign the
heads
as you
like.
For
example,
vcu
can assign Heads 1
and 2 to
Laojcal
Drive
1,
and Heads 3 and 4 to Logical Drive 2. In
this
case, you
have
1
physical
drive
and 2 logical drives.
Initialization Procedure
Before
you begin
the
initialization,
turn
off
your
hard disk
drives
and locate the serial
numbers
on
the
bottom
of
the drives. Copy
these numbers
down
exactly, including
any punctuation. Ybu will
need
the numbers during
Step 4
below.
Now
make
a backup of the Hard Disk
Initialization
Diskette and
store
the
original in a sale
place.
Use only
the bdtKup during Itie
initialization;
me HARDGEN program
modifies
the
diskette,
and
using
the
backup ensures (hat
you still
have
the
mnster
Insinua-
tion
Diskette
intact-
[Refer
to introduction to Your Disk System
for
details on backing up
diskettes.)
Note:
Suggested responses to prompts
given
by
the
HARDGEN program
are listed
immediately
following
the
initialization
procedure Vou may want
to
took
at them before
continuing.
1. Insert the
write-enabled
backup Initialization Diskette
into
Floppy Dnve
0,
and reset
the
system.
Mote:
Model
4 users; To
reeei
the eysiem, press
the
resei
switch. Model
4P
users:
To
reset the system
at
any
time
you
have nard
disks
connected, press
the
reset
switcn
and
F2 I
If
you are prompted to
enter the
date and
time,
do so.
The
HAUDGtN program
starts automatically.
2. A prompt appears,
asking If yogr
system is
ready.
II you have
properly
connected
your hard
disk
system, as described in
Chapter
2,
type V i£HH3). If not,
type
N
EHEBEl
The
system
returns
to
TRSDOE Ready go that
you
can remou*
all
diskettes, turn off
the entire
system, and connect
the
drives
properly.
3.
HARDGEN
now asks tor
the number of floppy
and
hard drives
in
your
system. Enter thft
appmnriate
numbers, in
rasnnnSfi
Hint: If you think
you mighl
purchase
more floppy
drives
in
Ihs
future,
you can
enle-r
a numb#r
greater
than the number
of drives you
currently
have connected This
applies
only
to
floppy
drives.
Ybu
must
enter the
exact
number of hard disk
drives you have.
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