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Appendix D: Loading System Software
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At this point, if you want to continue, press y. If you do not want to format your
hard disk, press n or press the Return key (default is n – do not continue).
After formatting the hard disk, the utility verifies that all blocks on the hard disk
can be read. During the verification process, a series of periods (.) and plus (+)
characters are printed on the screen to show the progress of the disk verification.
If any errors are found, the utility stops and displays the errors.
The bad block handling is done automatically by the SCSI formatting process.
After successfully formatting the hard disk, the partitioning information will be
written to the hard disk.
If you select options b or c in the Format Setup menu, the swap space size option
will be changed accordingly; for more information on changing the swap space
size, refer to the discussion under Change Swap Size Menu.
Use the Change Swap Size menu to change the swap space size of a previously
formatted hard disk. You can also change the swap space size option; this option
will be used the next time you request the swap space size via the Make Change
selection in this menu or the next time that you use the Initiate Format option in
the Format Setup menu.
NOTE
. Changing the size of the swap partition space on your hard disk does not
require reformatting the hard disk (unless the disk has never been formatted), but
does require you to rebuild the file system using the Make utility. Running the
Make utility will destroy the data saved on the disk. Be sure to save all of the
user files using one of the methods described earlier in this section.
Swap space is the area reserved on the hard disk for temporarily storing program
information during operation. The swap space is only used when there is not
enough memory available on the system. The swap partition space is normally
used when very large symbol table files are used.
When the system runs out of swap partition space, normal operation cannot
continue and an error message will be displayed. If this happens, you should use
the Change Swap Size option to increase the size of the swap partition. However,
increasing the size of the swap partition also decreases the amount of hard disk
space available for storing other files such as reference memories, setups, and
autorun definitions.
Change Swap Size Menu
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