User`s guide

Example
Format a disk in an external drive:
LIF INIT 702:MIKE /F
Formatasingle-sideddiskonanHP9122D:
LIF INIT 702:HALL /F /O:4 /I:2
Discussion
The [name] specified (in this case ‘’HALL’’) is the new LIF directory’s volume name and is
automatically translated to contain a valid LIF volume name as follows:
• Shifts lower to upper case.
• Allows ‘’_’’, ‘’.’’, and digits (0-9).
• Translates all other characters to the letter ‘’X’’.
• If the first character is not a letter, then the volume name will be preceded by the letter ‘’X’’.
• LIF INIT truncates file names to 6 characters. If no name is specified, then the LIF volume name
will be blank.
Disks can only be formatted on external HP-IB disk drives (i.e., not on internal flexible disk drives).
Note Any LIF disk used with the HP 3563A/62A must have a non-empty LIF Volume name.
This means that if you are formatting a disk on the PC with LIF INIT, always specify
the ‘’Optional new LIF directory name.’’
File System Conversion (LIF/DOS)
LIF INIT
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