3000 HD  (250-4010/4011)  Hard Drive Setup Information  Faxback Doc. # 1390

The following procedure will allow you to use the entire 42 megabytes of hard 
disk storage with MS-DOS 3.2. You still are limited to 32 megabytes in any 
particular partition, but 3.2 MS-DOS will allow all your partitions to be 
active at the same time. Each physical drive can have as many as four logical 
drives. For instance, your 40 meg HD could be divided with drive "C" being 12 
megabytes, drive "D" being 10, drive "E" being 10 and drive "F" being 10 
megabytes.

Procedure:

1. Boot MS-DOS 3.2 diskette and run SETUP. Choose the proper drive type for  
   your hard drive:

                type 11 for a 40 meg
                type  6 for a 20 meg
                type  7 for a 35 meg

2. Exit SETUP and reboot from the MS-DOS diskette.
3. At the "A:"  prompt remove the MS-DOS diskette and insert the Supplemental  
   Programs diskette.
4. Type HSECT. It will tell you that you have selected (with a 40 meg), 5 
   heads and 855 cylinders and ask you if this is correct. You must reply NO. 
   It will then prompt you for heads and cylinders. A 40 meg HD had 5 heads 
   and 988 cylinders. It will the format the entire hard disk (low level 
   format).
5. At the "A:" prompt run FDISK to create a DOS partition. FDISK still only 
   recognizes 32 megabytes of the hard disk. It will ask you if you want 
   "the entire hard disk" as a DOS partition. Type "Y" and it will create a 
   32 meg DOS partition. Exit "FDISK" and reset using your MD-DOS system 
   diskette.
6. At the "A:" prompt insert your Supplemental Programs diskette and type:

               FORMAT C:/S/V.

7. At the "A:" prompt, insert your MS-DOS diskette and type:

               COPY A:*.*C:

8. At the "A:" prompt insert the Supplemental Programs diskette and type:

               COPY A:*.*C:

9. Create a CONFIG.SYS file on drive C with at least the following two lines:

               device = HDRIVE.SYS
               device = MLPART.SYS C:

10. Remove the diskette from drive A and reset the computer.
11. At the "C:" prompt run "MLPART". Create a DOS2 partition and use the  
    remaining hard disk for your second partition. This partition will be your 
    drive "D:".
12. Exit "MLPART" and press reset.
13. At the "C:" prompt type: "MLFORMAT D:" to format drive D

This procedure will give you a 32 megabyte drive "C" and a 10 megabyte drive 
"D".