Installation guide

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SCSI Card 2906 User’s Reference
Using SCSI Disk Utilities
To access the SCSI disk utilities, follow these steps:
1
Select the
SCSI Disk Utilities
option from the menu that
appears after starting SCSI
Select
. SCSI
Select
scans the SCSI bus
to determine the devices installed and displays a list of all SCSI
IDs and the devices assigned to each ID.
2
Use the
↑
and
↓
keys to move the cursor to a specific ID and
device, then press
Enter
.
3
A small menu appears, displaying the options Format Disk
and Verify Disk Media.
■ Format Disk
—Allows you to perform a low-level format
on a hard disk drive.
Most SCSI disk drives are preformatted at
the factory and do not need to be formatted again
. Each hard
disk drive must be low-level formatted before you can use
your operating system’s partitioning and file preparation
utilities, such as MS-DOS
Fdisk
and
Format
.
Caution:
A low-level format destroys all data on the
drive. Be sure to back up your data before performing
this operation. You
cannot
abort a low-level format
once it is started. Therefore, do not turn power
OFF
to
abort this operation.
■ Verify Disk Media
—Allows you to scan the media of a
hard disk drive for defects. If the utility finds bad blocks on
the media, it prompts you to reassign them; if you select
yes, those blocks are longer used. You can press
Esc
at any
time to abort the utility.