Format The Drive; Install The Operating System - IBM Ultrastar 36LP Installation And Reference Manual

IBM storage products
12. Press ESC to return to the main menu and press ESC again to exit FDISK.
13. Restart the system for the partitions to be recognized.

Format the drive

The drive must be formatted before an operating system can be loaded. Format the Primary partition
and any Extended partitions that have been made by following these steps:
1. After booting from a bootable diskette, run FDISK, option 4 to verify the partition information from the
previous step. Note the drive letters to ensure proper formatting.
2. Press ESC to return to the main menu and press ESC again to exit FDISK.
3. At the A:\ prompt type format x: /s (where x is the drive letter). The /s option makes your hard drive
bootable by copying the system files to the hard drive. If you do not want this drive to be bootable,
do not use the /s switch. The following warning is displayed:
4. Type 'Y' for yes. The time needed to format the drive depends upon the size of the drive.
5. When the formatting is complete, format the next logical drive by typing format x: (where x is the
logical drive letter).
6. Repeat the above step for each logical drive to be formatted.

Install the operating system

After the drive has been formatted, install an operating system. Follow your operating system installation
instructions.
Note: Some controllers, systems, or operating systems may recognize only ANSI SCSI-2 devices. The
Ultrastar reports itself as a SCSI-3 device. Contact the IBM Technology Group Support Center for a fix if
you encounter this issue.
IBM Technology Group Support Center
WARNING: ALL DATA ON NON-REMOVABLE
DISK DRIVE C: WILL BE LOST!
Proceed with Format (Y/N)?
Page 18
07N5612IG10