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We do not support Atari's brand-new 3.0 super-big partition
scheme. We didn't find out about it until after the software was too far
along. If you are using HDX 3.0, and have more than 4 partitions, do
not reformat partition #3 as a Spectre partition. You will destroy all
the partitions after it.
You select the SCSI Device and Unit number at screen top by
pointing to them, clicking, and entering a new number. For the drive
you've just selected, the partitions that exist will be shown in black; the
nonexistent partitions will be greyed out and unselectable.
Next, select the partition you wish to inspect/modify, by clicking
on the box next to it's number. The partition's data will be put on the
right half of the box; it's starting sector number (decimal), size in
sectors (decimal), and type (GEM, Spectre, or unknown).
To get the partition size in "K", divide the sector size by 2; to get
the size in megabytes, divide by 2000. For instance, 20,000 sectors is 10
megabytes; 40,000 sectors is 20 megabytes.
To format a partition into MFS (the Macintosh Filing System, the
older file system), click on the "Format MFS" button. WARNING: You
are not given a chance to undo this once done; the format happens
immediately.
To format a partition into HFS (the Hierarchical Filing System, the
newer and current file system), cliek on the "Format HFS" button.
WARNING : You are not given a chance to undo this once done; the
format happens immediately.
All GEM (ST) DATA IS LOST ON THIS PARTITION, just like
with any format.
If you have a very small partition, less than 2 meg, you may only
select MFS; partitions above 5 meg may only be HFS. These sizes were
determined by experiment; the Mac doesn't like huge MFS partitions,
for instance.
If you have a hopelessly damaged Spectre partition, formatting
will "re-zero" the partition so you can use it again. All data on it is lost,
so it's kind of a "Final Option".
The last section of the Hard Disk menu shows you the names of
every Mac hard disk partition found that's available for the Spectre
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