Owner`s manual

Page 5-15System Administration
The CHECK Option and Automatic Backups
At times, you may want to have DSKANA examine a disk without re-writing the bitmap,
especially when using an "automatic" backup method such as a command file or the
Task Manager to perform the backup.
The reason for this is simple: assume you run DSKANA at night as part of an automatic
backup procedure. If anyone on your computer leaves a file—such as an AlphaVUE or
AlphaWRITE document—open on the device DSKANA is checking, DSKANA doesn’t
take the open file into account when it rewrites the bitmap for the device. When the
person returns in the morning and writes the file to the disk, it causes a bitmap error,
because the computer didn’t know the file was open. This could corrupt the disk,
causing you to lose data.
To run DSKANA without rewriting the bitmap, use the /C option switch. You see
DSKANA’s normal display when you use the /C option, except for the [Rewriting
BITMAP] message.
FORMATTING AND INITIALIZING A DISKETTE
Before you use a new diskette for the first time, you must format it. Formatting
configures the diskette so it is ready to receive and hold data in the pattern your
computer uses. Then you must initialize the diskette, which sets up its initial account
structure.
Follow the steps below to format and initialize a diskette.
These steps erase any data already on a diskette! Make sure the diskette is empty or
does not contain files you need before you format it. You can use the command DIR
Devn:[]
RETURN
, where Devn: is the device name of the diskette drive, to see if there are
files on the diskette.
1.Use the LOG command to log into the System Operator account[1,2] on DSK0:.
Type:
LOG OPR:
RETURN
Logged into OPR:
If you weren’t already logged in, and your computer makes use of user names,
enter your user name when the prompt for it displays.
2.Insert the diskette into the drive as described in Chapter 3. Don’t use the MOUNT
command. Instead, enter:
FMT219 Devn:
RETURN
where Devn: is the name of your diskette drive—probably FLP0: or MIN0:.
(Chapter 3 discusses device naming conventions.) You now see the message:
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