Specifications
SCSIPARK
DESCRIPTION
The
Ampro
SCSIPARK
utility is used
to
position the
read/write
head(s)
of
a SCSI drive
to
a
predefmed safety zone
on
the disk surface,
to
guard
against accidental
data
loss
due
to
either
power
on/off
glitches
in
the
drive electronics
or
media
damage
due
to
mechanical
shock.
You
should
always
use
SCSIP
ARK
to
"park" your drives'
heads
prior
to
switching
off
AC
power,
or
during extended periods
of
time during which the drives
will
not
be accessed.
The
current version
of
SCSIP
ARK
supports the following SCSI controllers
and
drives:
•
Adaptec
ACB-4000
and
ACB-SOOO
family controllers
• Seagate ST225N SCSI drive
•
Most
"Common
Command
Set" SCSI drives
OPERATION
To
use
SCSIPARK
to
park
a drive's heads, type the program's
name
followed
by
one
or
more
SCSI
ID(s)
of
the controller(s)
to
which the drive(s)
are
connected. All drives
on
each
SCSI
controller
will
be
parked
by
the
single command.
For
example:
C>
SCSIP
ARK
0 1 <
Enter>
will
park
all drives
detected
on
SCSI.
controllers
with
ID's
of
0
and
1.
You
can
also
use
an
asterisk (*),
to
have all possible SCSI
lO's
parked.
That
is,
C
>SCSIP
ARK
* <
Enter>
will
park
drives
on
all SCSI controllers detected. "SCSIP
ARK
*"
is equivalent
to
"SCSIP
ARK
01234567".
Note
Be
sure
not
to
access a
hard
disk
drive
after
it
is
parked,
as
this
will move
the
drive's
heads
off
the
landing
zone.
You
can simplify
the
use
of
the SCSIP
ARK
utility by creating a
DOS
"batch"
me
containing
the
required
command
line.
SCSIPARK-1