Bios Setup; Disk Utility - Asus PCI-SIU2 User Manual

BIOS Setup

Enable Host Adapter BIOS. This option controls the host adapter usage of
SCSI disk I/O routines inside the host adapter BIOS. By disabling this option
you will eliminate the host adapter's ability to utilize boot capabilities in PCI-
SIU2. Setting this to "no" will also disable all subsequent features displayed
by this on-screen panel. The default setting will be on. (Yes)
Boot Device ID. This option selects which SCSI device will be the designated
boot device for the system. The default ID for this option is 0.
BIOS Support for Bootable CD-ROM. This option allows users to boot
from a bootable CD by replying with Yes at the prompt. Only one bootable
CD-ROM will be allowed at a time. The default setting will be off. (No)
BIOS Treat Removable Disks as Fixed Disk. This option is able to treat
removable disks as fixed disks. With this option selected you can run remov-
able disk media without additional software drivers. The default setting will
be off. (No)

Disk Utility

These functions will be displayed when a device has been highlighted. Once a
menu has been pulled up, the host adapter will scan all devices and display all
necessary information. Selecting a device allows you to perform either of
these two following actions:
Verify Disk. This option will verify the media of a successfully formatted
device and verify that the drive is functioning properly. Verify will also iden-
tify and flag any bad sectors on the disk so that during operation these flagged
sectors will not be used. If a bad sector is found you are given two options
shown below:
• Reassign will assign the flagged location to another sector on the disk.
• Skip will not reassign the flagged location.
Format Disk. Use this option to perform a low level disk format on the target
device. The format will erase all data resident on the targeted disk drive. Refer
to the section titled "Hard Drive Preparation" for additional information.
CAUTION:
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A low-level format destroys all data on the drive. Be
sure to back up your data before performing this op-
eration. You cannot abort a low-level format once it
has started.
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