User manual HITACHI ULTRASTAR 18ES DETAILED INSTALLATION GUIDE

[. . . ] IBM storage products Installation guide Ultrastar 18ES Multi-mode SE/LVD Models: DNES-309170 DNES-318350 IBM storage products Table of contents Introduction . Page 5 Hard disk drive installation flow chart . Page 7 Step 2: Prepare for installation . Page 13 Step 6: Complete physical installation . [. . . ] After creating the Extended DOS Partition, press ESC to return to the FDISK main menu. Select option 1 to create a Logical DOS Drive, then option 3 to create a Logical DOS Drive in an Extended Partition. Create Logical DOS Drive(s) in the Extended DOS Partition No logical drives defined Total Extended DOS Partition size is 1047 Mbytes (1 MByte = 1048576 bytes) Maximum space available for logical drive is 1047Mbytes (100%) Enter logical drive size in Mbytes or percent of disk space (%). . . . . [1047] Press ESC to return to FDISK Options Page 18 IBM Technical Group Support Center version 1. 1 25L17811G10 IBM storage products Press ESC to return to FDISK and press ESC again to restart the system. You must restart the system for the partitions to be recognized. Step 9: Formatting The drive will need to be formatted before an operating system can be loaded. Format the Primary partition and any Extended partitions that have been made. After booting from a bootable diskette, run FDISK, option 4 to display the partition information. This is helpful to review drive letter assignments. Note the drive letters to ensure proper formatting. Press ESC to return to the main menu and exit FDISK. At the A:\ prompt type format x: /s (where x is the drive letter). The /s option will make your hard drive bootable by copying the system files to the hard drive. If you do not want this drive to be bootable, do not use the /s command. You will see the following warning: WARNING: ALL DATA ON NON-REMOVABLE DISK DRIVE C: WILL BE LOST!There should be no data on the new drive. The time it takes to format the drive is dependent upon its size. When the drive has finished formatting, format the next logical drive, in this case D: by typing format d: You will get the same message. Select Y. Step 10: Operating system installation After the drive has been formatted, install an operating system. Page 19 IBM Technical Group Support Center version 1. 1 25L17811G10 IBM storage products Appendix Making a bootable diskette If you do not have a DOS bootable diskette, you may want to make one. This will be necessary for installing your new hard disk drive and in case of system failure. The DOS bootable diskette will contain files necessary to boot your system. You will also want some utilities on your bootable diskette. Following are the instructions needed to add both the system files and the other helpful utilities. !! Make sure your computer is on and you insert a diskette in drive A. At the C:\ prompt, type FORMAT A: /S and press [ENTER]. [. . . ] Operating system Software that controls the execution of programs and may provide functions such as resource allocation, scheduling, input/output control, and data management. Although operating systems are predominantly software, partial hardware implementations are possible. OS/2 A fully preemptive, multitasking operating system developed by IBM. OS/2 also supports HPFS. Page 27 IBM Technical Group Support Center version 1. 1 25L17811G10 IBM storage products Partition A portion of a hard drive dedicated to a particular operating system or application and accessed as a single logical volume. [. . . ]