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Hard disk system startup
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Refer
to
the Mtedia Error
Map
that
contains the informal
ion
for
the
logscal
drive
sped
lied
in
Step
1.
Enter
information
for
one
track
at
a
time.
Enter
l
he head
number
in
the
range
m
to
n,
in
which
m
is
the
starting
head
of
the
logical drive,
and
a
is
the ending head, truer
the track n
umber
in
the
range
1
to
n,
in
which
n
is
the
ending
track
of
the
logical drive,
After
you reSOchd
to
the prompts,
TRSFORM6
asks
il
you want
to
lock out
more
tracks.
If
you.
do,
type
V
CEMIEHj.
If
not,
type
N
:
enteh
I
5.
TR3FORM9
now
formats
and
verifies
the
logical
drive.
The
verification
takes longer than
it
does on a
floppy
diskette,
because
the hard disk
has
more
storage
to
check.
When
finished formatting,
TR5FORM6
puts
the
directory
in-
formation
on
the
logical drive.
Using Hard
Dieke ac Data
Driwfc.
Most
likely,
you
will
want
to
put
TFSDOS
on
a hard
disk
to
make
that disk
the
system
drive,
If,
however,
you
do
not
want
to put
TRSOGS
on hard
disk (you
want
to
use
all
hard
disks
as
data
disks},
type the
following
com-
mand
now:
SYSGEN
HEHTEWI
This
command
stores
the system's
drive configuration
on
the
Initialization
Diskette
in
Drive
$
To access
Ihe
data
on
the
hard
disk,
you
must
boot the
system
with
this Initialization
Diskette.
Therefore,
mako
eovoral
backups
of
the
diskette
immediately.
If
you
lose
all
copies
of
the
diskette,
perform
Ihe
Initialization
again,
but omit the
formatting.
I
f
you
are using
the
hard
disks
as data
drives,
you
are
f
I
n
ished
with
the
initialization.
Do
not
do
the steps
thai follow.
Moving
TRSDOS
Version 6
To Your
Hard
Disk
If
you want
the
hard
disk
to
bo
t
ho system
drive,
you
must
perform
the
test
ol
ihe
initialization.
This includes
moving
TRSDOS
to
hard
disk,
making
the hard disk
the
system
device,
and
slohnq
the
con-
figuration
on
the boot
diskette.
To
move
TRSDOS
Lu
yum
lidid
disk,
Mluw
Ithtfstf
Slews;
1
.
Insed a
backup
of
the
master Hard
Disk
Initialization
Diskette
into
Floppy
Drive
0.
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