Ultra Hot Swap Hard Disk Drive and Tray

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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 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.
Table 2-1. Partitioning Information for NetWare and DOS
System
Software
on Disk 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
recommended,
1 GB
maximum for
DOS
None N/A
NetWare
only
Data only Disabled None None N/A
DOS
only
Operating
system
Enabled 2 GB
maximum
Rest of disk 2 GB
maximum
DOS
only
Data only Enabled None Disk capacity 2 GB
maximum