Partitioning And Formatting Scsi Hard-Disk Drive - Dell PRECISION 610 User Manual

NOTE: After you remove and replace the cover, the chassis intrusion detector will
cause the following message to be displayed at the next system start-up:
ALERT! Cover was previously removed.
See Chapter 3, "Using the System Setup Program," for instructions.
NOTE: If a setup password has been assigned by someone else, contact your
network administrator for information on resetting the chassis intrusion detector.
For any SCSI devices, the respective category under Drives: Primary or Drives:
Secondary should be set to None. For instructions, see Chapter 3, "Using the
System Setup Program."
For instructions, see the next subsection, "Partitioning and Formatting SCSI
Hard-Disk Drives," and your operating system documentation.
Test a SCSI hard-disk drive by running the SCSI diagnostics. See your Diagnostics
and Troubleshooting Guide for information on running the Dell Diagnostics and
troubleshooting any problems that may occur.
To test a SCSI tape drive, refer to the documentation for the tape drive software
to perform a tape drive backup and verification test.
You may need to use different programs than those provided with the operating sys-
tem to partition and format SCSI hard-disk drives. Refer to the documentation that
came with your SCSI software drivers for information on installing the appropriate
drivers and preparing your SCSI hard-disk drive for use.
NOTE: When using the Windows NT operating system with the FAT 16 file system,
the primary partition for each hard-disk drive can be no larger than 2 GB. Extended
partitions can be larger than 2 GB, but each logical drive within an extended partition
must be no larger than 2 GB.
Installing Drives 10-21