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Date:	Sun, 27 Oct 2002 06:34:12 PST7
From:	Harry Chris Motin <hmotin@attglobal.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Fujitsu 1.3GB SCSI MO-Unit and HPFS

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Hello svobi,

I'm not sure I can help you, because I do not fully understand what you
are doing in your (failed) attempts to format a hard drive, or a
partititon on a hard drive. For example, are you trying to do this from
an all up OS/2 system and you want to HPFS format another partition
(different than your boot partition)? Are you trying to format another
partition from a maintenance OS/2 bootup partition? Are you trying to
format from a set of OS/2 utility boot diskettes?

Also, when you attempt to format as HPFS, exactly what happens on your
system?

That being said, therefore, please excuse my response (below), if you
have already taken into account the things that I am going to say!

In any case you have first create one or more partitions on the hard
drive, using Ddisk or LVM. Ddisk will assign a drive letter to the
partition and LVM will let you assign the letter.

After you have the partition and drive letter and can then invoke
format.com. Go to the commandline in your OS/2 partition (or the
commandline in your maintenance partition; or the commandline resulting
from the bootup from the utility diskettes). Type and enter "FORMAT C:
/FS:HPFS" (without the quotes; also change the "C:" portion of that
command to the particular partition that you what to format; for
example, if you what to HPFS format the "F:" partition, the command at
the commandline would be "FORMAT F: /FS:HPFS" (again, without the
quotes)).

If you are using the utility boot diskettes, you have to have the
"FORMAT.COM" file on that diskette (I think??). If you are using an all
up OS/2 system, or if you are using a maintenance OS/2 system, you
should be able to use FORMAT from any OS/2 commandline. Of course you
cannot format the same partition from which you are invoking the
commandline.

Again, please excuse me, if all of the above is obvious to you! It would
help, if you gave a more descriptive and fuller explanation of exactly
what you are trying to do and what the response of your system is.

HCM

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"Info2SYNass.NET" wrote:
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> Hello
> Since 1999 I have this unit and use some 540MB and one 1.3GB
> media.
>
> In the old century, I am not really sure anymore, I may had have
> some
> medias formatted in HPFS !?!?
>
> Now, since a while I am trying, trying and retrying and again to
> get this
> HPFS formattings again ;-( Whatever I do and try I do not get it
> ;-((
>
> I had tried the MO640 drivers from Fujitsu, Canada ...
> I had tried the N512 drivers ...
>
> I use (always newest) DaniS506.ADD and DaniDASD, I had tried with
> the IBM1S506.ADD as also IBMDASD ...
> ... absolutely no success with all my experiments ;-(((
>
> Does anybody of you have a hint or a solution for me !!!
>
> Regarding this topic:
> I have prepared each a 540MB MO media as an emergency disk
> containing
> all needed files its repective OS subdirectories ...
> ... but cannot access the MO drive currently !
>
> How can I bring my DrDOS 7.03 rescue floppy from the 3 1/2"
> floppy to the
> 540MB MO media to get it booting from the SCSI unit ???
>
> It would be very intersting too ...
> ... to get my BootOS2 data onto an 540MB MO media ?!?
>
> Is this possible and if yes how do I do this ???
>
> Your hints and suggestions are hot awaited ;-))
> Thanks a lot !
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