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Why Do I Get an Error When Running a PXI "Format Hard Drive Disk" for RT?

Primary Software: LabVIEW Modules>>Real-Time Module
Primary Software Version: 6.1
Primary Software Fixed Version: N/A
Secondary Software:

Problem: I have a PXI controller that I just partitioned, and I put in the "Format Hard Drive Disk" that I created on my host PC. When it booted up, and asked if I really wanted to format my hard drive, I said "yes" and I got the following error message:

System error KERNEL.44664: LFS Error: Numroot must be an even multiple of INOPBLOCK
Format Failure 102

What is causing this?

Solution: Despite the title of the disk, it only reconfigures the C drive. It will wipe all the data from the drive and make it boot into the RT Engine, but it does not actually format the hard drive. You must use a DOS or WIN95/98 boot disk with the format.com utility included with the OS to format the C drive to either FAT16 or FAT32 before booting with the "Format Hard Drive Disk".

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Report Date: 09/25/2001
Last Updated: 02/11/2002
Document ID: 2DO6SUEW

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