HP Ultra/Wide SCSI 4 GB and 9 GB Hard Disk Drive

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B Disk Drive Characteristics
The proper settings for the following items depend on the operating system
(NetWare, 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 or NTFS)
To determine the appropriate controller and disk drive configuration, consult the
section below for your operating system.
NetWare and DOS
Table B-1. Partitioning Information for NetWare and DOS
Operating
System
Disk Use
Extended
Translation
for > 1 GB
Drive
Primary
(Boot)
Partition
Extended
Partition
Logical
disk
NetWare
with DOS
Operating
system
and data
Disabled 30-50 MB rec.,
1 GB max. for
DOS
None N/A
NetWare
only
Data only Disabled None None N/A
DOS only Operating
system
Enabled 2 GB max. Rest of disk 2 GB
max.
DOS only Data only Enabled None Disk
capacity
2 GB
max.