DriveSetup lets you work with any type of drive supported by Zeta.
You can mount/unmount, format, partition, eject and initialize disks
connected to your computer.

The Drive Setup window shows the drives currently attached
to the system, whether mounted or not. The window below shows the
drives connected to the computer: A floppy, a hard disk, a CD drive
and a Zip drive.
A small triangle appears next to partitioned drives with multiple
volumes. Clicking on the triangle will show you the volumes on that
specific drive.
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The table below identifies and describes the information displayed
in the Drive Setup window:
Devices lists the SCSI, IDE, or floppy drive devices you
can mount on the computer.
Map Style identifies the partition style. Currently Zeta
supports two styles Apple and Intel.
Partition Type shows the specific partitions on a given
volume. Zeta recognizes Be File System (BFS), DOS 16-bit and 32-bit,
Macintosh HFS (Hierarchical File System), ISO 9660, and OFS (Old
Be File System) partitions.
File System shows the specific file system for each volume.
Volume Name shows the name for each volume on a drive.
Mounted At shows the path to the mounted volume.
Size shows the size of each device and/or volume.
Partitioning a Disk
DriveSetup can create multiple partitions on a disk, except
floppy disks (which are to small to partition) and read-only media
like CDs and DVDs.
You partition your hard disk to allocate a portition of it to Zeta.
You can create either Intel- or Apple-style partitions in DriveSetup.
Note that as Zeta currently only runs on x86 machines you must
choose Intel-style partition.
Creating Intel-Style Partitions
Choose Partition from the Setup menu.
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The Partition Map panel lets you create as many as four
partitions. Set the partition type in the top part of the Partition
Map, using the Type popup list, or enter the number manually,
if you know it.
Check the Active box of the partition you want to make
active; only one partition can be active at a time.
Set the layout of your partitions in the bottom part of the window.
Click the Layout button to choose from four preset configurations.
You can also set the partition size manually by dragging the sliders
in each partition bar. The minimum partition size for Zeta is 500
MB.
The lock icons at the left end of the partition bars are there
to keep you from accidentally losing data in partitions that you
don't wish to modify. Click the icon to unlock it. A dialog warns
that you may lose data if you modify the partition. As further protection
against losing data, the color of the partition bar changes from
blue to red when the change you're making to a partition's size
is about to cause you to lose data.
After you've the configured the partitions, click OK to
partition the drive.
To use your new partitions, you have to mount them.
Initializing a Disk
Initializing a disk prepares it for data in a certain file system
format; e.g., Mac HFS, DOS, BFS. You must initialize a new BFS partition
before you can write data to it:
To initialize a disk, select the disk and unmount it.
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Select Initialize from the Setup menu. Your
initialization choices are Be File System, dos(Intel machines),
Mac HFS, ISO 9660, or the Old Be File System.
A dialog that lets you name the volume and set the file system block
size appears. The default size is 1024, and gives the best performance
in most cases. If you are an expert and will have only a few very
large files, you might want to increase the system block size.
Formatting a Disk
Formatting is a time consuming, low-level process. You should attempt
it only if initialization fails.
To format a disk, select it, unmount it, and choose Format from
the Setup menu. In the warning dialog that appears click Format
to proceed.
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