Yamaha A3000 Owner's Manual - Page 83

Chapter 3 Data Configuration and Handling Disks and Volumes The A3000 includes a built-in floppy disk drive. You may also connect the A3000 to an external SCSI drive, or install an internal SCSI drive (provided that you also install the optional ASIB1 expansion board). Disks You can store data to floppy disk, or (if an ASIB1 is installed) to hard disk, MO disk, or any other type of SCSI disk medium. Note that new disks must be formatted before they can be used. (252 to 258) If you are using a SCSI disk, you are free to divide the disk space into multiple partitions. If you elect to do this, you can then treat each partition as if it were a separate disk. Volumes The A3000 stores all main-memory data into a volume on the target disk (or disk partition). The volume stores an entire set of main-memory data. A floppy disk can store a single volume only. The A3000 automatically creates this volume (named "FD VOLUME") when you format the disk. If you are using a SCSI disk, then you are free to create multiple volumes, so that you can store a different set of data onto each. The following illustration shows the relationship between disks and volumes. Floppy Disk Volume ("FD VOLUME") Hard Disk Volume Volume Volume Volume Volume Partitioned Hard Disk Disk 1 (Partition 1) Disk 2 (Partition 2) Disk 3 (Partition 3) Volume Volume Volume Volume Volume Volume Volume Volume Volume Volume Volume Volume Chapter 3 Basics 81