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ULTRA2 LVD SCSI HOST ADAPTER
4.6.6 T
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If you select "Disk Utility" at the Main Menu and press ENTER, the Utility displays
a screen much like the Scan Bus screen (see Section 4.6.2) that lists the devices on
the SCSI bus. Use the up- and down-arrow keys to select a device; if you highlight a
SCSI hard drive and press ENTER, a small window showing the "Format Disk" and
"Verify Disk" options is superimposed on the screen.
Format Disk: Use this option to perform a low-level disk format on the target
disk drive. (Be aware that this will erase all the data resident on the drive; make
sure to back up any data you want to keep!)
A new SCSI disk drive is normally low-level-formatted at the factory before it is
shipped in order to simplify installation. Usually you can use new SCSI drives right
out of the box, as soon as you partition them (refer to your operating system's
documentation for how to do this), without having to do a low-level format.
Drives that have been previously used with other SCSI adapters, on the other
hand, should be low-level-formatted before you use them with your new Ultra2
LVD SCSI Host Adapter; this will prevent any operating or reliability problems that
might otherwise arise as a result of incompatibilities between the different
Adapters. The low-level format will erase the target drive and reset it to a state
which is easily recognized by the Adapter across the SCSI bus. Once this format is
complete, you will need to partition the drive.
For more information about hard-disk preparation, see Section 4.4.
Verify Disk: This option will test the integrity of the recording medium of a
properly formatted drive and determine whether or not the drive is functioning
properly. During the test process, any bad sectors on the disk will be identified and
flagged so that the computer doesn't try to write to or read from them. If a bad
sector is found, you will be offered two options for what to do about it: "Reassign"
(mask the flagged bad sector and reassign its sector number to a good sector in
one of the reserved "replacement" areas on the disk) or "Skip" (do not reassign the
number of the flagged sector).
4.6.7 E
XITING THE
To exit the Setup Utility, press <ESC> (esacape) at any time. and select "Yes" when
you are asked to confirm that you want to exit. Any changes you might have made
with the Setup Utility will be saved in the Ultra2 LVD SCSI Host Adapter's NVRAM
as soon as you make them, but will not take effect until you reboot the computer.
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