APPLIED ENGINEERING Vulcan - Manual (Page 33)

Formatting
* Note: Formatting will completely erase everything that
may still reside on the partition being formatted. You
should have all important files backed up by this time.
Once you have your partitions set to the desired size and
operating system, you’ll want to format the partitions for their
particular system so they can be written to and read from.
* Note: You don’t need to alter the partitions to reformat;
you can leave the partitions unmodified and still use
the format command.
To format a partition:
1) While in the top part of the menu, select FORMAT.
2) Press <return>.
A selection bar will appear over the partition rows.
3) Use the arrow keys to select the partition you want to
format.
4) When you have the selection bar over the desired
partition, press <return>.
The PM will format the partition according to the system you
have chosen for that partition.
* Note: In DOS 3.3, you can set up several different
volumes per drive. You’ll be asked how many small
volumes (140K) you want. The rest of the space will be
used for large volumes (400K). As you select how many
140K drives you want, the format table will update the
number of 400K drives to be formatted and tell you how
much disk space is unused. You’ll need at least one
140K drive if you want to boot from that DOS partition.
5) Select another partition to format or press <esc> to
return to the main menu.
Print
The PRINT option lets you print the current PM screen if you
have a printer online. You may want to print after making
modifications to the PM to remind you of your current settings.
To print the current setup, select PRINT from the top part of the
menu, type in the slot number of your printer (or <esc> to
cancel) and then press <return>.
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