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Appendix
B
Initializing
with
HARDGEN
's
Option
D
(Head-by-Head
Procedure
This
append^
describes
the
way
to
use Option
D
of
the
allocation
menu
of
The
HARDGEN
program. Before
attempting
to
use
this
option
,
you should be
familiar
with the
TRSDOS
6 operating
system
and
Us
initialization
procedures.
>fbu
should
also
have analysed
your
system
requirements.
The
major purpose
ol
Option
D
is
to
allow
programmers
to
con-
figure
a
TRSDOS
6
hard
disk
system
to their
requirements
when
no
other
HARDGEN
option
enables
them
to
do
so.
Option
D
produces
a JCL
file
that
performs
the
initialisation,
It
also
produces a
small
file
thai
provides
an
audit
trail
of the
system
con-
figuration
on
initialization.
Option
does not check on
the
suitability
of
every data
Hem
that
you
enter.
It
is
up
to
you
lo
determine
that
everything
is in
order
before going
en
to
ihe
initialization.
Two sample
uses
of
Option
D
are given
at
I
he
end
of
the
appendix
Follow
Steps
1
through
8
of
the
HARDGEN
program.
At
Step
S,
choose
Option
D;
then
follow
ihe steps below:
ft
HARDGEN
prompts you
with
a
warning,
to
prevent the
accidental
use
of
Option
D,
followed by the question:
Are you sure you
wish
to
continue
<Yes
or No>
If
you
are
prepared
to
continue,
type
V
CEBft*Ei$
and
continue
to
yiep
18 below,
it
not,
type
N
LEMIEED,
and
HARDGEN
returns
to
Step
&
1G,
HARDGEN
displays
another warning, Press the
space
bar
to
continue.
The program
asks you
to
detine
the type
of
physical
device
to
which each
of
the
S
possible
logical
drives
is
to
be
assigned.
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