TITLE
    Mac OS 9: What's New - Drive Setup 1.8.1
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Modified: 		60517
9/30/99
11/24/99
TOPIC

    Drive Setup is the application that formats, partitions, and tests the Apple hard drives. Drive Setup also installs and updates the hard drive driver on Apple hard drives.

DISCUSSION

    The new features of Drive Setup 1.8.1 in Mac OS 9 are:
    • You can format drives to use the Unix File System (UFS) with Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server, A/UX, LinuxPPC and MkLinux for PowerPC. Mac OS 9 does not use UFS-formatted volumes.
    • Drive Setup is now installed inside a folder in the Utilities folder called "Drive Setup f". This folder contains Drive Setup and Drive Setup Guide. Drive Setup can be custom-installed from the Mac OS 9 installer.

    UFS Formatting
    You can format drives using the Unix File System (UFS) format. This is the file system used by Mac OS X Server and other unix-style operating systems that run on computers made by Apple. Mac OS uses Mac OS Standard (HFS) and Mac OS Extended (HFS Plus) format

    To get to custom formatting options, highlight the volume you want and click on the Initialize button.

    Drive Setup's partitioning schemes are predefined groupings of volume types. The volume types are for specific uses (in the case of A/UX and Linux) and may include small Mac OS (Standard or Extended) partitions for Mac OS Partitioning Schemes:
    • Mac OS UFS
    • Mac OS Server UFS
    • Default MkLinux
    • Preferred MkLinux
    • Preferred LinuxPPC
    • Default A/UX

    What's the difference between Mac OS UFS and Mac OS Server UFS?
    Mac OS UFS is for Mac OS X. Mac OS Server UFS is for Mac OS X Server and can only be chosen when running MacOS.app in Mac OS X Server.

Document Information
Product Area: Mac OS System Software
Category: Mac OS 9.0
Sub Category: System Software Components
Keywords: kmos90

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