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AssigneeAdaptec, Inc.
InventorsYen-Chung Lin, Thanh Tu Bui
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A method includes operations for creating and formatting FAT partitions beyond the first gigabyte of a disk having more than one gigabyte of data storage space, when the disk is associated with a controller card that does not include an option-ROM with a BIOS. In particular, the method populates at least one variable of each partition boot sector with a non-F6 value which then is detected to cause the use of the partition LBA for formatting the boot sector, rather than the partition CHS. A computer readable medium can also include program instructions for creating and formatting FAT partitions beyond the first gigabyte of a disk having more than one gigabyte of data storage space, when the disk is associated with a controller card that does not include an option-ROM with a BIOS.
A method for creating FAT partitions on a computer readable medium, comprising:
A method of creating FAT partitions on a computer readable medium that is connected to a computer system, comprising:
A computer readable medium containing program instructions for creating formatted FAT partitions on a separate computer readable medium, having greater than one gigabyte of data storage space and being associated with a controller card without a BIOS on an option ROM, in conjunction with an operating system that is configured to create a FAT partition within a first gigabyte of the data storage space in a location that is included within at least one other partition, the computer readable media comprising:
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