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Hard disk system startup
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Assume
I
hat
you have iwo
5-megabyte
hard disk drives
on which
lo
store
an
application
program's
dale.
\bu
analyze the storage
requirement,
and
find thai
4
logical
hard
drives
need
to
be
available
under
TR900S
6,
end
the
first
and second
logical
drives
must be
at least
3 megabytes
each.
If
you
USfl
Option
C
at
Step
B
of
the
HARDGEW
program,
it
allocates
all
the primary
hard
disk's
space
to
Logical Drive
0-
Thus,
1
does
produce
a
Logical Drive
IS
that
has
the
necessary 3
megabytes- However,
it
allocates the
secondary
disk's
space
to
3
logical drives:
Logical Drive
1
(2
heads). Logical Drive
£
(i
head)-.
and
Logical Drive
3
(1
head) Thus,
Drive
1
has Z 5 megabytes.
not
Ihe
necessary
3
megabytes.
Under
the given circumstances.
the
system produced
is
not acceptable.
In
fad, the
only
way
to
produce an
acceptable system
is
to
use
Option
as describee below:
Follow
HARDGEN
Slope
1
trough
5
ac
jcual.
&
Respond
lo
the
prompts as
indicated:
Prompt
Response
How many logical
drives
do you
want to have
on
/our
i/item?
How many floppy drives do you
want
to
use on your
system?
Do
you want to
reserve
a
Logical,
drive
for use
uith
M&mdi £k?
How many
Logical drives do you
you want to use
on
your hard
di
sks?
6
fJEHUffi
a
cebue
N
lEHTEHl
4
dHUBD
7.
If
you have
emered
the information
correctly,
type
N
lenter
so
indicate
that
you
don't
want
to
make
any changes.
8.
Choose
Oplion
D,
and
type
Y
(ENTER"
to
continue.
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