Fairlight-CMI

Hi guys,

I finally got my rev9.34 Series 3 - 20 years after first wanting
one...
It's an amazing machine and sounds (and also looks) better than
anything else I used before.   
Thank you Peter Vogel for creating it!


However, I have some beginners questions:

1.) My understanding is, that I won't be able to format a 4GB HD to
its full capacity with rev9.34 software - I would need rev11.x for
that.

I have a couple of 4GB HD's which need formating. Is there anybody on
this list (preferably in Germany or at least in the EU) who would like
to help me out and format the drives for me?
My CMI doesn't have a floppy drive, so there is no chance of quickly
booting into rev11.x


2.) What is the maximum capacity the rev9.34 OS can format and what is
the maximum partition size? 
I have a 640MB MO-drive which I want to use with my CMI - so what
would be the correct format command to make the whole 640MB usable? 


3.) Can I backup the /K partitions to the MO-Disk to make that
bootable, should the internal HD fail?
Does the CMI always just boot from ID0 or from any drive where it
finds a valid OS, like for example the Emulator 3 does?
What would be the correct usage of PBACK to do it?


4.) How can I check the total capacity of a disk? I found the QUERY
command, which is for single files only.
The reason for asking: My system has two HD's which I can access using
/C000 and /C100, but I have no clue what their total capacity actually
is. 
How can I find out, if other partitions exist on them? I tried
changing to eg. /C110 but got an "not found/not ready" error.


5.) Could anyone on the list send me a copy of CMI-Explorer?
I emailed the author, Rob Jarret, about getting a copy, but got no
response so far.


Many thanks in advance for answering these questions. 
The Fairlight community seems to be a very nice one and hopefully one
day I can contribute my share as well! 
Speaking of which: I have 8 Fairlight newsletters from 1985-88. If
anyone want to put these on his site, let me know and I will scan them
all.


Regards,
Tom