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Using SCSI Disk Utilities

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Configuring the SCSI Card 2930CU with SCSISelect I BIOS Support for Int 13 Extensions-When set to Enabled, the SCSI card BIOS supports Int 13h extensions as required by Plugand-Play. The setting can be either enabled or disabled if your system is not Plug-and-Play. Using SCSI Disk Utilities To access the SCSI disk utilities 1 From the main SCSISelect menu, select SCSI Disk Utilities. SCSISelect scans the SCSI bus and displays a list of all SCSI IDs and the devices. 2 Use the ↑ and ↓ keys to move the cursor to a specific ID and device, then press Enter. 3 A small menu appears, displaying two options: I Format Disk-Allows you to perform a low-level format on a hard disk drive. (Most SCSI disks 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 hard disk drive. Be sure to back up your data before performing this operation. You cannot stop a low-level format once it is started; therefore, do not turn the power off to stop this operation. I 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 no longer used. You can press Esc at any time to stop the utility. B-7

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Configuring the SCSI Card 2930CU with SCSISelect
■
BIOS Support for Int 13 Extensions
—When set to
Enabled
, the
SCSI card BIOS supports Int 13h extensions as required by Plug-
and-Play. The setting can be either enabled or disabled if your
system is not Plug-and-Play.
Using SCSI Disk Utilities
To access the SCSI disk utilities
1
From the main SCSI
Select
menu, select
SCSI Disk Utilities.
SCSI
Select
scans the SCSI bus and displays a list of all SCSI IDs
and the devices.
2
Use the
↑
and
↓
keys to move the cursor to a specific ID and
device, then press
Enter
.
3
A small menu appears, displaying two options:
■
Format Disk
—Allows you to perform a low-level format on
a hard disk drive. (Most SCSI disks 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
hard disk drive. Be sure to back up your data before
performing this operation. You
cannot
stop a low-level
format once it is started; therefore,
do not
turn the
power off to stop 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 no longer used. You can press
Esc
at any
time to stop the utility.
!