IBM R40e

power on, press "Access IBM" choose Recover Factory"
wait for bootimng complete, press F3, get in prompt.

put any usb device in nb, the boot os (guess is 98) cannot see it.
the boot os cannot see ntfs partition,too.

use rescueCD, boot into linux, run qtparted.
thrink the ntfs partition, reserve 7G.

reboot system, get in system management, disk management.
add new logical disk. format as FAT32 (wait about 3 min for formating complete).

OK, now we got a new FAT partition, which can be see by XP and IBMBoot.

reboot, press AccessIBM, restore Factory Set, press F3, get in command mode.

Goto C:

Yes! can see the partition !!
md HPS, will put every backup here.

the IBM boot:

A: boot
C: my FAT
D: IBM HPA

the boot