Disk Drive Characteristics; Netware And Dos - HP D7171A - NetServer - LPr Manual

2 Disk Drive Characteristics

The proper settings for the following items will depend on the operating system
(NetWare, MS-DOS, OS/2, Windows NT, UNIX, or Banyan Vines) and
corresponding version number:
Extended Translation setting for the controller
Partitions, logical drives or divisions for the hot swap hard disk drive
For non-UNIX systems, partition and logical hot swap hard disk drive sizes also
depend on:
Partition type (Bootable or Non-bootable)
File system (FAT, HPFS, NTFS)
To determine the appropriate controller and disk drive configuration, consult the
section below for your operating system.

NetWare and DOS

NOTE
Table 2-1. Partitioning Information for NetWare and DOS
System
Software
on Disk Disk Use
NetWare Operating
system and
with
data
DOS
NetWare
Data only
only
DOS Operating
only system
DOS Data only
only
If you want to write core dumps onto the hard disk drive,
ensure that the drive has enough space for a complete image of
your total memory.
Extended
Translation Primary
for > 1 GB (Boot)
Drive Partition
Disabled 30-50 MB
recommended,
1 GB
maximum for
DOS
Disabled None
Enabled 2 GB
maximum
Enabled None
Extended Logical
Partition Disk
None N/A
None N/A
Rest of disk 2 GB
maximum
Disk capacity 2 GB
maximum
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