The HiRDB administrator must prepare for creation of a HiRDB file system area that will be used to store HiRDB-specific files.
For simple installation, the procedure that is explained is for creating a HiRDB file system area as a regular file area.
If reliability is important during detailed design, the HiRDB administrator should allocate the file system area as a character special file area.
To create a HiRDB file system area:
For details about how to initialize the hard disk and setting partitions, see the applicable OS documentation.