Commodore Amiga 500+ User Manual page 33

It should display entry(s) for all hard disks found. If no entries are shown then you need to change the
device name for the SCSI_DEVICE_NAME in the Tooltypes in the Icon Information for HDToolbox.
Change Drive Type - This is used to the read the correct drive configuration from the hard disk
including, heads, cylinders, the block size and so on. If the drive is Unknown, use this to confirm the
correct size of your hard disk before partitioning it.
Modify Bad Block List - A hard disk can develop unusable areas on the surface on the Hard disk called
Bad Blocks, you can add new ones found using this option.
Low-level Format Drive - Use with caution! This wipes the entire drive of data and partition information.
Most modern drives do NOT require a low level format and may ignore this.
Partition Drive - Used to create partitions on your hard disk so that you can store data and programs.
Verify Data on Drive - This will check the entire disk for any bad blocks and maps them out for you.
Save Changes to Disk - Use this option to save disk configuration and partition changes to disk.
Help - A brief help window on how to use HDToolbox.
Click on Partition Drive and you should get a screen something like this:
Click on New Partition to create a new partition in the empty space at the top of the screen. You can
resize it using the blue arrow by dragging it across the screen. If the partition will have Workbench
installed, you can make it bootable by ticking Bootable.
The default File System is shown, you can switch to another filesystem using Change or you can Add or
Update a filesystem using the Add/Update button for things like SFS or PFS.
The Default Setup will set up two partitions of equal size for you, if you wish.
The Advanced Options will display the actual Cylinder numbers for you for each partition (useful in case
of disaster recovery and want to create partitions exactly as before).
Click OK when done.
When satisfied that your partitions are set up, click on >Save Changes to Drive= which will write the
configuration to an RDB (Rigid Disk Block) on the drive which is read when you boot up.
Reboot the Amiga and boot off Install disk again, you should get one or more new disk icons on the
Workbench, select the icon and use Format Disk from the Icons menu to prepare the disk for use.
Warning! If the disk is larger than 4GB do not use the Format program supplied with Workbench but
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