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46 PowerPC Open Firmware Quick Start Guide
Format the Hard Drive
Choosing this option allows you to format a SCSI hard drive and
place a single, FAT file system partition on the drive.
1. Select the Format the Hard Drive option.
The available SCSI devices are displayed for you to select
from, similar to this example:
Scanning for devices, please wait.
/pci/scsi@c
a) target 0 Unit 0 Disk SEAGATE ST32430W 0660
/pci/scsi@11
/pci/pci@13/scsi@6
b) target 0 Unit 0 Disk SEAGATE ST12400N ST324300456
2. You are prompted to select the drive you want to format.
Enter the corresponding letter of the drive and press ENTER,
or press q to quit.
Enter the letter of the drive you wish to format. (q)uit
b (b = drive selected)
3. The following prompt appears. If you wish to continue with
the format option, enter y.
Initializing device, please wait.
Should you decide to format the disk, a destructive low-level
format will be performed and a FAT file partition placed on
the disk. This partition will be the only defined partition on
the disk.
Do you want to continue? (y/n)
If you wish to abort the procedure, enter n and press <ESC>
to return to the previous menu. Otherwise, enter y to
continue.