User manual KURZWEIL K2500 MUSICIANS GUIDE SUPPLEMENT

[. . . ] K2500 Musician's Guide Supplement For System Software Versions 2. 98 and 4. 44 Second Edition, November 2000 ©2000 All rights reserved. is a registered trademark, and Kurzweil, K2600, K2500, and K2000 are trademarks of Young Chang Co. All other products and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Product features and specifications are subject to change without notice. Part Number: 910354 Rev. [. . . ] At the prompt, select any size (up to the 8 G limit; including the primary partition), or select the default size to use the remainder of the drive for the extended partition. When the partition is complete, you'll have the opportunity to create one or more logical drives within the extended partition (as described in Step 7). The K2500 recognizes each of these logical drives as a separate partition). When the extended partition is complete, you'll see a prompt asking you to specify the size for a logical drive. Repeat this step until you've used the remaining space in the extended partition. Each of these partitions (logical drives) gets a drive letter as you create it. Keep track of these, because you'll need to format each partition. At any time in this process, you can use FDISK Menu 3 to display the current list of partitions. 8. When you're finished partitioning, press escape several times to exit FDISK. Format each of the new partitions (using the drive letters you created with Steps 5 through 7). Partitioning from a PC is more time-consuming, but gives you more control over the number and size of your partitions. 4 System Software Versions 2. 98 and 4. 44 (Disk Partitioning) Working With Partitions Partitioning Large Disks The K2500 can address a maximum of 8 G of disk space, so there's not much point in connecting a larger disk to the K2500--unless you like to do a bit of hacking, in which case you may be able to use a personal computer to format the extra space for use with that computer. There are several disk-formatting utilities available for the Mac and PC. You may be able to use one of these (including FDISK for the PC) to format a large hard disk with 8 G of space for the K2500, and additional space that's accessible to your computer. Working With Partitions Once your hard disk is formatted and partitioned, you should verify each partition before attempting to store files. The quickest way to do this is to execute a Load command for each partition. If the K2500 can read the disk (even though there are no files), the partition is OK. The display informs you if there's a problem addressing the partition. One you've verified each partition, you can start using the disk with your K2500, and optionally with a personal computer. If your disk is attached to the K2500 and nothing else, you'll interact with the hard disk exclusively through Disk mode. If you're in Disk mode and you can't get to a partition, try reformatting the partition (see When Disks Are Already Partitioned on page 3). If that doesn't work, do a hard format on the disk, then format and partition it again. If your hard disk is also attached to a computer, the computer should be able to address each partition. PCs can address each partition as an individual drive (at a DOS prompt or via icons in Windows), while Macs display a file icon for each partition. [. . . ] There are three components to the free-space information: percentage used, kilobytes free, and total kilobytes. 10 System Software Versions 2. 98 and 4. 44 (Disk Partitioning) Disk Mode If you change partitions while the free-space information is visible, the K2500 automatically calculates and displays the free-space information for the new partition. Exiting the DiskUtil page disables this automatic updating until the next time you use the Free utility. List The List utility is a convenient way to view the directories and files on your hard disk. When you press List, the display shows a hierarchical listing of all the files and directories in the current partition (this can take a while, depending on the size and complexity of your directories). Use the Up and Down cursor buttons to select different objects in the list. [. . . ]