Advanced Disk Manager Options - Seagate ST317242A Installation Manual

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Advanced Disk Manager options

The Disk Manger online manual
Disk Manager contains an extensive online manual. This manual
includes detailed installation instructions, troubleshooting and a
list of master/slave jumper settings for many different hard
drives. To view the Disk Manager online manual, type DM/H.
Then press . You can also view the online manual from
ENTER
within Disk Manager by selecting (V)iew/Print Online Manual in
the main menu.
Booting from a diskette
If Disk Manager installs the dynamic drive overlay (DDO) to
access the full capacity of your drive, the DDO must load into
memory before the operating system loads. This happens auto-
matically when you boot directly from your hard drive (drive C).
If, however, you boot from a diskette, the DDO cannot load and
your hard drive will not be recognized.
To boot from a diskette and access your hard drive:
1. Boot the computer from the hard disc (with no diskette in the
diskette drive).
2. When the Disk Manager banner appears on the screen,
immediately press the
3. Insert your boot diskette and press the
If you boot from a diskette regularly, you can create a Dynamic
Drive Overlay boot diskette. It loads DDO into memory and then
loads the operating system. See the Disk Manager online man-
ual for more information about creating a dynamic drive overlay
boot diskette.
(you have about 2 seconds).
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