Lucent Technologies 585-210-940 User Manual

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To use the format command to partition a disk, do the following steps:

1. Enter:

#

format

A menu of disks displays. You are asked to select one.

2. Enter the menu number of the disk to be partitioned. A list of 

commands displays, followed by the

 format> 

prompt.

3. Enter:

format>

partition

The

 partition> 

prompt displays.

4. Enter:

partition>

print

The partition table displays and 

partition>

 returns.

5. Enter the number of the partition to be configured. The system 

begins a series of prompts for partitioning information. Answer 
according to the CMS version, disk type (boot or nonboot), and disk 
size you are partitioning.

Partitioning (Note: Never change the default size of the 

overlap slice!)

Boot

0

boot disk 1: / or root
boot disk 2: unassigned

wm

1023

0

616

0

1

unassigned

wm

7

1023

7

616

2

overlap 

or backup

wm

3880

0

4924

0

3

unassigned

wm

1879

1030

3716

623

4

swap

wm

971

2909

585

4339

5-7

unassigned

wm

0

0

0

0

Nonboot

0

unassigned

wm

2

0

2

0

1

unassigned

wm

3878

2

4922

2

2

overlap 

or backup

wm

3880

0

4924

0

3-7

unassigned

wm

0

0

0

0