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Re: 2500 and format

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From: Dave Lowrey
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1990 23:02
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In article <1990Feb14.031321.10430@jdyx.UUCP> shawn@jdyx.UUCP (Shawn Hayes) writes:
>
>    I have a question for anyone from CATS or anyone else about how to reformat
>the drive that comes with a 2500.  I just got through trying to make enlarge
>the FH0: partition on my Rodime drive to 3 meg.  Everything worked fine,
>the PREP went fine , and the format for both FH0: and FH1: worked great.
>   
>     The problem occurs when I try to put files on the FH0: partition, which
>is the second real partition on the drive.  For some reason when the drive
>gets past 70% capacity I get a Disk Corrupt message and have to reboot.  The
>only way to fix the problem is to go back to the 2.6 meg partition for FH0: that
>CBM specified originally.  Any have any ideas why I can't change the size of
>this partition????
>
>                                                       Shawn Hayes

Did you tell PREP that you had changed the size of the first partition?

You MUST do that (I learned it the hard way!).

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From: dwl10@uts.amdahl.com (Dave Lowrey)
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Subject: Re: 2500 and format
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Date: 15 Feb 90 23:02:25 GMT
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