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CHAPTER
5:
HARD
DISK
SYSTEM
PREPARATION/TRSDOS-II
Preparing
Your
Primary Hard Disk
(Drive
4)
This
chapter
shows
how
to
prepare your hard
disk
for
TRSDOS-II/TRSDOS
programs.
If
you have prepared your hard
disk
for
TRS-XENIX
programs,
skip
this
chapter.
Copy
Your Hard
Disk
Files
If
you have
stored information
on
a
hard
disk,
use
the
SAVE
or
MOVE
command
(see
your
TRSDOS-ti Reference
Manual)
to
make
copies
of
the
files.
Use
FORMAT
to
initialize
When
the
Hard
Disk
System
is
installed,
all
hard
disk drives are
effectively 'blank.
M
Consequently,
each
drive
(Primary
and
Secondary) must be
formatted before
the
Hard
Disk
System can
operate
under hard
disk
control.
Once
the
System
is
powered-up, you must
initialize
the
Primary
Drive
by
transferring
the
operating
system (TRSDOS-II)
to
Drive
4.
To do
this,
use
the
utility
FORMAT,
which
is
contained on
the
TRSDOS-II
Operating
System
diskette
Follow
this
procedure
to
format
Drive
4
and
move
TRSDOS-II
to
Drive
4.
1.
Power up
your
System
as described
earlier.
2.
The
error
message
BOOT ERROR
H
N
will
be
displayed.
Press
RESET
then
(REPEAT) [BREAK) or (REPEAT)
fESE)
.
If
Drive
4 has
previously
been
formatted
and
if
you wish
to
re-format,
you
will
need
to insert
the floppy diskette containing
the
FORMAT
program
into
Drive
and
start-up
the
System
under
control
of
floppy
diskette
TRSDOS-II
as described
earlier.
3.
When
the
prompt
INSERT DISKETTE
appears,
insert
the
floppy
diskette (labeled
TRSDOS-II
Operating System)
into
Drive
and
close
the drive door,
4.
Answer
the
date
and
time
prompts.
5.
When
TRSDOS-II
Ready
appears, type
FORMAT
specify
any
options,
and
press
CENTER)
.
(
FORMAT
4
HDS
=
6,
CYL
=
306
(ENTER]
will
format
drive 4
for
6
read/write
heads and 306
cylinders
and
automatically
transfer
TRSDOS-II
to
drive
4.
(The
FORMAT
program
takes
about 15-20 minutes
to run.)
The
FORMAT
program
will
then load
and
format
Drive
4,
FORMAT
will
automatically
move
TRSDOS-II
to
the
Hard
Disk
(Drive
4).
6.
When
TRSDOS-II
Ready
re-appears,
you
may
either
format
the
secondary
hard
disk
(5)
or
press
RESET
to
boot from the
newly
formatted
drive
4,
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