SPARCbook Portable Workstation User Guide
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System Upgrades
Upgrading the Main Memory
6.
Replace the SIMM cover.
7.
Replace the battery and battery cover.
ò
Checking the SIMMs
1.
Power your SPARCbook on.
2.
When the OpenBoot greeting is displayed, press
Pause-A
.
3.
Check that the new memory capacity is correctly reported on the
display.
4.
Power off by pressing
Pause-O
.
Repartitioning the hard disk drive – worked example
Caution
The example provided here assumes that the hard disk uses the default partition
map created by the “factory load”. See “Boot Disk Partitions” on page 6-5.
Be sure to backup all important program and data files before making any changes
to the disk partitions as the process will destroy data on the disk drive.
The steps required to reconfigure the partition map on your hard disk
are as follows.
•
Connect a CD-ROM and backup device to your SPARCbook
and power on.
•
Check that there is adequate free space on your internal hard
disk.
•
Create a full backup of the disk partitions. See “Backing Up
•
Repartition the hard disk drive using the
format
utility.
•
Make and check the new filesystem(s).
•
Restore the data from your backup. See “Restoring Filesystems”
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