Radio Shack TRS-80 Hardware Manual page 21

HARDGEN
displays
a range
of
numbers, which
varies accord-
ing
|o
the
numbers
entered
in
response
to
easier prompts.
Enter
a number
in that
range,
7.
Now
HARDGEN
asks
II
you wanl
to
change any
of
your
answers
(f
you
are
satisfied
with the answers, type
ri
fENTEHJ
to
indicate
no changes.
If
you want
to
change
an
answer, type
V
GHHEJf'j
so
that
the
system
returns
to
the
logical drives
prompt.
3.
Most
likely,
at least
1
of
your hard disk
drives
wfli
be
divided
into
2
or
more
logical drives-
HARDGEN
can
divide the
space
in
t
of
4 ways.
It
lists
lhe
methods and
asks which you
prefer:
A)
Divide
up
the space
as
e
v
e n
L
y
as
poss
i
b
Le.
Where
possible,
HARDGEN
tries to allocate the
same
amount
of space
tor
each
logical drive,
If,
because
of
physical
limitations,
HARDGEN
cannot
do
this,
it
in-
forms you and
asks you
to
choose a
different option,
B)
Give more space
tot
he
higher-
numbered
dri ves
,
You
may
find this
optsOn useful
for
systems
with large
data bases,
such
as
payroll
and
accounting packages.
These
systems
need mare space on
the data
disk
drives-
This
option
does
not appear
if
the
number
of
logical
and
physical hard disk
drives
is
equal.
C)
Give more space
to
trie
Lower-
numbered
dri ves.
you
may
prefer
this
option
for
some
software develop-
ment
systems.
D)
ALLows
you
to
specify which
read/write heads are
to be
assigned
to
each Logical drive.
This option
is
useful
if
TRSDOS
6
and anoiher
operating
system
are
to
share
Hie
drives, or
if
oilier
Special
circumstances
exist.
Do
not
use
this
option
without
first
refer ring lo
Appendix
B,
Which method would
you
prefer?
bnter the
letter of
your
selection.
After
you
choose
A,
B, C, or
D,
HARDGEN
displays lhe nor-
mal
steps being taken by
the
automatic
allocation process
If
certain conditions are encountered,
the
screen describes
them.
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