Help for 4.3 Gb HD

[Dani]

hi all

My configuration is: NeXTstation Turbo 33 Mhz, 96 Mb ram, internal 4.3GB
Quantum Grand Prix 4301S, OPENSTEP 4.2 original CD & boot floppy
(without manuals), external Apple 300 SCSI CD reader

I can't install OPENSTEP 4.2 on 4.3GB Quantum Grand Prix 4301S, because
my NeXTstation Turbo identifies this HD as one having a capacity of 10
MB.

So it's impossible for me to install OPENSTEP 4.2 on this HD from
original 4.2 CD
The 4.2 installation screen says:

The following disks are available in this computer:

1. SCSI DISK at target 0 (QUANTUM-4301S) - 4320 MB.
^^^^
The first installation process works fine after selecting HD.
But after the reboot the installer "Install OPENSTEP" (additional
software) can't install anything, because it says that the HD has only
10 MB!

I'm absolute beginner, this is my first unix-like machine, and the first
NeXT...
TIA
Dani

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Daniele

[David Evans]

In article <1g93cqr.1gnqep5mrtp7eN%no.mail.please@libero.it>,
Dani <no.mail.please@libero.it> wrote:I can't install OPENSTEP 4.2 on 4.3GB Quantum Grand Prix 4301S, becausemy NeXTstation Turbo identifies this HD as one having a capacity of 10MB.

IIRC the automatic partitioning done by "disk" becomes confused if the
disk is too large. Can you boot single-user from the CD-ROM and parittion
the disk by hand, still using "disk"?

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David Evans dfevans@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca
Ph.D. Candidate, Computer/Synth Junkie http://bbcr.uwaterloo.ca/~dfevans/
University of Waterloo "Default is the value selected by the composer
Ontario, Canada overridden by your command." - Roland TR-707 Manual

[Lucio]

David Evans <dfevans@bcr10.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
Can you boot single-user from the CD-ROM and parittion the disk by hand, still using "disk"?

"disk" is a terminal command, right?
excuse me, I'm absolute beginner...
thanks for your help
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Dani & Luc

[David Evans]

In article <1g9aqjo.ov3vh7s8uffqN%lucio_d@despammed.com>,
Lucio <lucio_d@despammed.com> wrote:David Evans <dfevans@bcr10.uwaterloo.ca> wrote: Can you boot single-user from the CD-ROM and parittion the disk by hand, still using "disk"?"disk" is a terminal command, right?

Yep.
excuse me, I'm absolute beginner...thanks for your help

No problem.

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David Evans dfevans@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca
Ph.D. Candidate, Computer/Synth Junkie http://bbcr.uwaterloo.ca/~dfevans/
University of Waterloo "Default is the value selected by the composer
Ontario, Canada overridden by your command." - Roland TR-707 Manual