Jim Byrnes wrote:

>I bought a 160 GB USB external harddrive to make backups.  I can't 
>format it hpfs because it is > 64GB.  LVM doesn't seem to want to let me 
>make an lvm volume out of it.
>
>The manual says it is formatted for "DOS" but readable on a MAC.  LVM 
>says it is formatted NTFS.
>
>How do I go about formatting it JFS?
>
>Thanks,  Jim
>  
>
Hi Jim,

Are there any pre-formatted partitions on it?
If you have DFSee you can see what it shows before doing anything to it!
Those claims about DOS-Mac-NTFS don't have the ring of truth to me!

Have you run "LVM /QUERY:ALL > \desktop\LVMINFO.DATA - this will let you 
know what order LVM sees the disks in.

If you *_KNOW_* EXACTLY what number that disk is [one-based not 
zero-based numbering!] you could do :

"LVM /NEWMBR:", then if you need files larger than 2GB, 
then just use the command-line LVM.EXE to create :

1) partition(s)

2) from those partitions create volume(s) - I gather you only need to 
access it from WSeB|MCPx|eCS 1.x, so make the volume an "LVM volume" - 
not compatibility-type [visible from other OSes that recognise its 
filesystem]

Save the changes on exit - F3 (saving changes)

[*Should* not require any reboot to recognise the new volume]

After validating that you have the correct volume by running vol: 
This should come up OK with the volume serial-number, but doing a "dir" 
won't be able to access the drive.

Once this is satisfied just run "format : /FS:JFS /L" 
[long format hightly recommended!] default block size on JFS is 4KB
Continue with other volumes on that drive if more than one created.

If you don't need files >2GB you could use a similar procedure creating 
2 x 64GB + 1 x balance of disk and formatting those with HPFS.

HTH

-- 
Regards,
Mike

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