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How to Specify Volumes
While it is easiest to use the default volume, there are times when you will want to use
another mass storage device. In such cases, you will need to know how to specify the
other volume. The way to specify mass storage devices is to use a volume specifier. If
you read the "Verifying and Labeling Peripherals" chapter in Installing and Maintaining
the BASIC System or followed the instructions during installation, you should already
have the volume specifier of each of your mass storage devices written on a label that
you placed on the device's front panel.
Here is the syntax of a volume specifier:
Examples:
:CS80.700
:.700
:HP9122.702.1
:.702.1
:INTERNAL.4
: .4.1
This specifier consists of the following parts:
Table 3-3. Volume Specifier Components
Component
Explanation
A colon (:)
begins the volume specifier, separating the file name from the
volume specifier (note that it is required even when you are
performing an operation that makes sense only for a volume--
for instance, INITIALIZE.)
Mass Storage Concepts
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