Step 9: Formatting the drive
The drive must be formatted before an operating system can be loaded. Format the Primary partition
and any Extended partitions that have been made by following the steps below: .
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After booting from a bootable diskette, run FDISK, option 4 to verify the partition information from the
previous step. Note the drive letters to ensure proper formatting.
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Press ESC to return to the main menu and ESC again to exit FDISK. At the A:\ prompt type format
x: /s (where x is the drive letter). The /s option makes your hard drive bootable by copying the
system files to the hard drive. If you do not want this drive to be bootable, do not use the /s switch.
The following warning is displayed:
WARNING: ALL DATA ON NON-REMOVABLE DISK
DRIVE C: WILL BE LOST!
Proceed with Format (Y/N)?
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Type Y for yes. The time needed to format the drive depends upon the size of the drive.
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When the formatting is complete, format the next logical drive by typing
format x: (where x is the logical drive letter)
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Repeat the above step for each logical drive to be formatted.
Step 10: Installing an operating system
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After the drive has been formatted, install an operating system. Follow your operating system
installation instructions.
Note: Some controllers, systems, or operating systems may recognize only ANSI SCSI-2 devices. The
Ultrastar reports itself as a SCSI-3 device. Contact the IBM Hard Disk Drive Technical Support Center
for a fix if you encounter this issue.
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