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VI. SCSI SELECT
Configuring SCSI
VI. ADAPTEC SCSI SELECT
Configuring the SCSI Adapter
Access the SCSI BIOS by holding down both CTRL and A keys when you see the
BIOS banner message listing the driver name and the attached devices. For ex-
ample:
Adaptec AIC-7890 Ultra/Wide W BIOS v1.24
(c) 1998 Adaptec, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
<<< Press <Ctrl><A> for SCSISelect(TM) Utility! >>>
The SCSISelect screen will come up. Instructions on how to move the cursor and
select options are listed on the bottom of the program windows.
SCSI Disk Utilities
The SCSI Disk Utilities option displays information on SCSI IDs 0 though 15, list-
ing all devices on the bus including non-disk devices. When you select a device
from the list and press Enter key, another window appears giving you the option of
selecting one of two sub-utilities, Format Disk or Verify Media. These utilities are
used for hard disk drives only and will have no effect on other non-disk SCSI de-
vices.
Format Disk - is a SCSI low-level formatting utility. In general, SCSI hard drive
have already been low-level formatted when you get them, so you generally should
not need to use this function.
Verify Media - scans the selected drive media for defects, notifies you of any found
and gives you the option of reassigning bad blocks so that data will not be written to
them. This is only necessary if you suspect that your SCSI disk drive has a problem.