IBM SelectaDock III, User Manual

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To create a new partition, press Ins. The following window:
The Create a DOS Partition window at the lower right suggests
by default that you create one partition equal to the total
capacity of the disk drive, which in this example is 85 MB.
(Each cylinder equals 1 MB; cylinders are numbered 0 through
84.)
If you want just one partition on the disk drive, skip to step 5.
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To change the Start Cylinder and End Cylinder values, select
them with the Up and Down Arrow keys (
↑
or
↓
) and specify
different values.
You need to change these values if you want to create multiple
partitions on the disk drive. In this example, you could change
the End Cylinder number to 44 to create a 45-MB partition.
Then you could create a 40-MB partition for cylinders 45
through 84. Each partition would then be assigned a different
drive letter, such as E and F.
Note:
AFDISK displays an error message if you try to enter
invalid values, such as a number greater than the actual
number of cylinders on the disk.
Appendix A. Using the SCSI Support Software
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