Creating And Deleting Partitions Manually; Create New Partition Dialog Box - Compaq AlphaServer DS10 Reference Manual

3.5.1

Creating and Deleting Partitions Manually

Use the Create Partition and Delete Partition options if you
need to create a custom hard disk partition arrangement or
otherwise manually manage your hard disk partitions.
Figure 3–16 Create New Partition Dialog Box
Disk 0 QLISP1040 #0, SCSI ID 3
Partition 1
Unused
Create new partition, Disk 0 Partition 2
Disk 1
Available space:
New Partition Size:
ENTER
To create a partition
1. Start AlphaBIOS and select Hard Disk Setup. Press Enter.
2. Select the disk on which to create the partition.
3. If one or more partitions already exist on the disk, select the unpartitioned
space.
4. Press Insert. A dialog box is displayed, similar to Figure 3–16.
5. Type the size of the partition to create and press Enter.
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