fsrhd@acad3.alaska.edu (01/15/91)
I havewhat may be a rather simple question that I need answered. I have an HP 9153C 40 meg hard drive with a 3+ floppy drive. I would like to know if it is possible to partition the drive to support say 20 meg for HP Basic and various software and then the remaining 20 meg to be partitioned to support MS-DOS applications on my PC. Please reply by e-mail, since I rarely access this newsgroup. Thank you in advance.
rjn@hpfcso.HP.COM (Bob Niland) (01/16/91)
re: > I have an HP 9153C 40 meg hard drive with a 3+ floppy drive. I would > like to know if it is possible to partition the drive to support say > 20 meg for HP Basic and various software and then the remaining 20 meg > to be partitioned to support MS-DOS applications on my PC. 1. Yes, the hard disk may be partitioned, via the config switch on the back. Check the manual. 2. Your problem will be with hooking an HP-IB disk, like the 9153C, to a DOS machine. You'll need HP's 88500A PC-AT style HP-IB interface and CS/80 driver software. You may be restricted to volume 0 on the hard disk from DOS. Use volume 1 for BASIC. Regards, Hewlett-Packard Bob Niland Internet: rjn@FC.HP.COM 3404 East Harmony Road UUCP: [hplabs|hpfcse]!hpfcrjn!rjn Ft Collins CO 80525-9599