By default the X68000 allows us to use hard drive capacity only up to 1GB (1016 Mb). Trying to create a larger partition or a partition which uses data past that point will result data corruption. The solution is to use GOVERHD. This program will apply a set of patches that will enable you to use up to 2GB of hard disk space and this tutorial will show you how to create two 1GB partitions and patch them with GOVERHD. You can create more than two partitions, if necessary, but keep in mind that the last partition must not exceed the 1016 Mb barrier or otherwise the system will not be able to boot from it.

First of all download the MasterDisk V3 and boot from it.

If you are using native SCSI

Type “FORMAT” and press Enter

• Creating the 1st partition:

1. Select the ID of disk drive which you want to format
2. Select “Initialize” and answer “Y”
3. Select “Create”
4. Select “Size” and type “1000”
5. Select “Start” and answer “Y”
6. Press “Escape”

• Creating the 2nd partition:

1. Select “Create”
2. Select “Size” and type the remaining amount of free space (Partition size must not exceed 1000 Mb)
3. Select “Start” and answer “Y”
4. Select “End” and answer “Y”

If you are using SxSI

Type the following commands:

• CD SXSI
• SCSIFORMAT

• Creating the 1st partition:

1. Select the ID of disk drive which you want to format
2. Answer “Y” to initialize the disk drive
3. Answer “Y” to perform physical format
4. Select “2” and type “1000”
5. Type “32”
6. Answer “Y” to transfer system files
7. Press “A” to select it as source drive

• Creating the 2nd partition:

1. Select “2” and type the remaining amount of free space (Partition size must not exceed 1000 Mb)
2. Type “32”
3. Answer “Y” to transfer system files
4. Press “A” to select it as source drive