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Partitioning and Formatting SCSI HardDisk Drives, Replacing the Expansion-Card Cage

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9. If you installed a SCSI hard-disk drive, replace the expansion-card cage as instructed in "Replacing the Expansion-Card Cage" in Chapter 5. 10. Replace the computer cover. Then reconnect your computer and peripherals to their power sources, and turn them on. 11. If necessary, enter the System Setup program to update the system configuration information. If you installed a SCSI hard-disk drive, set the DRIVE 0 and DRIVE 1 System Setup categories under DRIVES: PRIMARY to NONE. For instructions, see Chapter 2, "Using the System Setup Program." Tape drives attached to a SCSI host adapter card are not part of the system configuration information. 12. If you installed a SCSI hard-disk drive, partition and format the drive. Then install the operating system. See your operating system documentation for instructions as well as the next subsection, "Partitioning and Formatting SCSI Hard-Disk Drives." 13. Test the SCSI devices. Test a SCSI hard-disk drive by running the SCSI Test Group of the Dell diagnostics. See your Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Guide for information on running the diskette-based diagnostics and troubleshooting any problems that may occur. To test a SCSI tape drive, refer to the documentation for the tape drive software to perform a tape drive backup and verification test. Partitioning and Formatting SCSI Hard-Disk Drives You may need to use different programs than those provided with the operating system to partition and format SCSI hard-disk drives. Refer to the documentation that came with your SCSI software drivers for information on installing the appropriate drivers and preparing your SCSI hard-disk drive for use. NOTE: On systems with hard-disk drives larger than 2 GB, create a primary partition of 2 GB and divide the remaining capacity into partitions of 2 GB or less. For example, a system with a 2.5-GB hard-disk drive would have a primary partition of 2 GB (drive C) and a second partition of 500 MB (drive D). Hard-disk drives must be partitioned this way because MS-DOS-based operating systems (including Windows NT when using a FAT16 file system) do not support drive partitions larger than 2 GB. Installing Drives 7-13

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Installing Drives
7-13
9.
If you installed a SCSI hard-disk drive, replace
the expansion-card cage as instructed in
“Replacing the Expansion-Card Cage” in
Chapter 5.
10.
Replace the computer cover. Then reconnect your
computer and peripherals to their power sources,
and turn them on.
11.
If necessary, enter the System Setup program to
update the system configuration information.
If you installed a SCSI hard-disk drive, set the
DRIVE
0
and
DRIVE
1
System Setup categories under
DRIVES:
PRIMARY
to
NONE
. For instructions, see Chapter 2,
“Using the System Setup Program.”
Tape drives attached to a SCSI host adapter card are
not part of the system configuration information.
12.
If you installed a SCSI hard-disk drive, partition
and format the drive. Then install the operating
system.
See your operating system documentation for
instructions as well as the next subsection, “Parti-
tioning and Formatting SCSI Hard-Disk Drives.”
13.
Test the SCSI devices.
Test a SCSI hard-disk drive by running the SCSI
Test Group of the Dell diagnostics. See your
Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Guide
for
information on running the diskette-based
diagnostics and troubleshooting any problems that
may occur.
To test a SCSI tape drive, refer to the documentation
for the tape drive software to perform a tape drive
backup and verification test.
Partitioning and Formatting SCSI
Hard-Disk Drives
You may need to use different programs than those pro-
vided with the operating system to partition and format
SCSI hard-disk drives. Refer to the documentation that
came with your SCSI software drivers for information on
installing the appropriate drivers and preparing your
SCSI hard-disk drive for use
.
NOTE: On systems with hard-disk drives larger than
2 GB, create a primary partition of 2 GB and divide the
remaining capacity into partitions of 2 GB or less. For
example, a system with a 2.5-GB hard-disk drive would
have a primary partition of 2 GB (drive C) and a second
partition of 500 MB (drive D). Hard-disk drives must be
partitioned this way because MS-DOS–based operating
systems (including Windows NT when using a FAT16 file
system) do not support drive partitions larger than 2 GB.