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3.4 HP Series 80
3-15
GETTING STARTED
Initializing a Floppy Diskette or a Volume or the Winchester
To initialize a new diskette or re-initialize (erase all files) on
an old diskette, or to initialize all the volumes of the Winchester
disk:
1. Be sure the diskette is write-enabled (refer to Chapter 1,
Section
1.3 for instruction). Insert the diskette into the
floppy drvie, and close the latch. To determine whether or not
a disk has been initialized, type the CAT ":msuS" conmand and
press the END LINE key. The message "ERROR 130: DISC" indicates
that the disk has not been initialized.
2. Type in the INITIALIZE command, specifying the parameters:
INITIALIZE
e'
new vo
1
ume
1
abe
11' ( ,
"msus" or ". old
YO
1
ume
label"(,director y size(,interleave factor))))
--" new volume label" - is a six-character name assigned to
the disk.
The. (period), : (colon), and "(quotes" are the only
characters that cannot be used.
__ "msuS" or ".old volume label" - is the mass storage unit
specifier or the existing old volume label.
--directory size - is the number of records to
be
allocated.
--interleave factor - specifies the number of physical
records between any two logically sequential sectors .
••••••• ***********************************************
CAUTION
ANY INfORMATION STORED ON THE WINCHESTER OR THE
DISKliTE WILL BE DESTROYED BY INITIALIZING.
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