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SYSTEM TOOLS
The Free Pages: parameter will be automatically
updated when the next volume name is entered.
When partitioning a disk, it is imperative to use all
the disk pages available. If this is not done and then
later the disk is damaged, the physical volume may
be unscavengeable. For this reason, the tool assigns
all unallocated disk pages to the last logical volume.
When
you
are
finished
with
the
volume
specification, select the Make Script! command (in
the Make Script! subwindow, not the Lisp System
Tools window) and you will be prompted to insert
the Installation Utility floppy. At the end of the
operation you will have added an entry to the
Installer menu that appears when you boot the
Installation Utility floppy.
In order to actually
repartition the rigid disk, you must do an F2 boot of
the Installation Utility floppy and select the
It
USER
SPECIFIED PARTITION" option in the Installer menu
(See chapter 4, Software Installation; Partitioning).
Sysin & Boot!
Performs the Sysin function and if no errors occur,
boots the system.
Remote list!
Enumerates all the file names on the specified file
pathname that matches the wild card. Wild card
characters are
*
which matches zero or more
characters, and
#
which matches exactly one
character.
CopyVMem!
Copies the Lisp virtual memory from one logical
volume
(Source)
to
another
logical
volume
(Destination).
This command does not copy the
entire contents of the logical volume, but only the
number of pages specified by the VMemSize:
parameter of the source volume. The Copy VMem!
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