B Disk Drive Characteristics; Netware And Dos - HP D7171A - NetServer - LPr Installation Manual

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
NetWare Operating
with DOS system
and data
NetWare Data only
only
DOS only Operating
system
DOS only Data only
Extended
Translation Primary
for > 1 GB (Boot)
Drive Partition
Disabled 30-50 MB rec.,
1 GB max. for
DOS
Disabled None
Enabled 2 GB max.
Enabled None
Extended Logical
Partition disk
None N/A
None N/A
Rest of disk 2 GB
max.
Disk 2 GB
capacity max.
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