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Index to the AlphaBIOS Menu Functions
5-2 AlphaServer 1000/1000A Supplement
Hard Disk Setup Menu
This section details all of the information presented on the AlphaBIOS Hard Disk
Setup menu. An example is shown in Figure 5-1.
Figure 5-1 Hard Disk Setup Menu
Hard Disk Setup
Partition 1 200 MB NTFS
Disk 0 NCRC810 #0, SCSI ID 3 510 MB
Unused 310 MB
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Disk 1 NCRC810 #0, SCSI ID 5 1001 MB
Partition 1 995 MB NTFS
Partition 2 6 MB FAT
INSERT=New DEL=Delete F6=Format F7=Express ESC=Exit
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1. Disk
The Disk line describes the physical characteristics of the hard disk. This
information is presented for informational purposes and is not selectable or
editable.
For detailed information on the fields presented on the Disk line, see the section
“Hard Disk Configuration Menu,” later in this chapter.
2. Partitions
The Partition line(s) describes how space on the drive is allocated to logical drives.
Fields on the partition line include:
Partition number
. Within a single drive, partition numbers are assigned in
sequential order: 1, 2, 3, and so on. The partitions populate the drive from the
innermost cylinders to the outermost cylinders. If you have a large hard disk (over
800 MB) and plan to use the FAT file system, it is a good idea to break the disk
into several smaller partitions because the FAT file system uses disk space more
efficiently at smaller partition sizes. This is not a concern for the NTFS file system,
however, as it uses disk space very efficiently at all partition sizes.