Low-Level Formatting/Initializing - Polaroid ID-3000 Repair Manual

Polaroid ID3000 Service Manual
Hard Disk Drive Low-Level Formatting/Initializing
If the drive will be used with a Future Domain SCSI card, follow the instructions below. If it will be
used with a different controller card, follow the instructions supplied with that card.
1. Insert in drive A the Future Domain Maestro setup software diskette supplied with the
FD885 SCSI board kit. Its envelope is marked "SETUP UTILITY."
2. At the A: prompt, type SETUP
3. The software will load and display hard drive information, including:
SCSI ID
Logical Unit Number
Drive type
Capacity
Sector size
4. A message may be displayed indicating that the drive selected is not known by this format
ting facility. To continue, press <Esc>.
5. When the format utility main menu is displayed, select
1) Format Unit (either move cursor to highlight this choice, or type 1 ).
6. When the Setup command window is displayed, select the following defaults:
Use Default Interleave?
Edit Format Byte 1?
Modify Format Unit Byte 2?
Edit Defect Header Byte?
Analysis will take about [NN]
minutes. Do surface analysis?Y
ALL DATA WILL BE DESTROYED!
Permission to format?
Formatting . . .
NOTE: If you are using drive ST296 (85MB), the manufacturer requires the use of default
interleave factor 02. This can be done by answering N to the query Use Default
Interleave? This will speed up slightly the low-level formatting process.
Should be 0 or 1
Should be 0
Appropriate for drive installed
Appropriate for drive installed
Should be 512
Y
N
N
N
Y
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