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(General
rule;
You need
to
have
at least
as
many
logica!
hard
dtives
a*
there
are physical
driva*.
bul
no more
than
the
number
of
heads
to
be
formatted
by
TRSDOS
6
for
CPfU
use.
For example- with 3
physical
hard
drives,
the
attempted
assign-
ment
otonly
1
logical
hard
drive
is
not allowed,
and,
because
this
example uses one 5-megabyte
drive for
CP/M,
you
do
not
want
to
format b heads, so
ir>e
assignment
ot
b
logical
drives
would be
a
waste
of
lime,)
7
If
you have
enlered the
information
correctly,
type
f\l
rEHTER"
to
indicate that
you
don't
want
lo
make
arty
changes,
8.
Ctioose Option
D,
and
1ype
Y
Center
lo
continue.
9.
Press
the
space
bar
to
continue
to the
prompts
for
drive use.
When
prompted
tor
the
type
of
device
to
which
to
assign
each
of
the
6 possible
logical drives,
type:
1
CEHTEHJ
2
r
E NTEfL
2
rEKTTEffl
2
QEHIEE)
2
i
ENTERl
i
ENTER
.
QEHIEE]
-EHTeTTi
These answers
assign
Logical Drive
Q
as
Ihe
system
floppy
drive
and
Logical
Drives
1
through
4
as
hard
drives-
Logical
Drives 5
through 7 remasn unassigned.
10
When
asked
for
the
head-by-head
assign ment,
respond
to
the
prom
pis
as
Indicated:
Prompt
Res ponse
Whi ch
Physi
cal
drive?
2 CEHEEE5
Which Starti
ng
head?
1
nEBTERl
How many heads
to use?
1
fmtfr
Whi ch
Physi
ca
I
Or
i
ve?
2
LEHIEHJ
Which Starting head?
2
(
ENTER
i
How many heads
to use?
1
fEWTETTi
Which Physical drive?
2
OEHTEH
-
!
Which Starting heed?
3
center
'
HnymanyhparlKtotiSF''?
1
CFMrEn
i
Which Physica
I
dri
ve?
2
reffTEFT
i
Which Start
ing
head?
4
dHTED
How many heads to use?
1
fEMtER
i
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