IBT Technologies CI7BM, User Manual

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Chapter 10 SCSI Installation Guide
106 CI7BM User’s Manual
Using SCSI Disk Utilities
To access the SCSI disk utilities, follow these steps:
1. Select the SCSI Disk Utilities option from the menu that appears
after starting SCSI Select . SCSI Select scans the SCSI bus (to
determine the devices installed) and displays a list of all SCSI IDs
and the devices assigned to each ID.
2. Use the
↑
and
↓
keys to move the cursor to a specific ID and device,
then press Enter .
3. A small menu appears, displaying the options Format Disk and
Verify Disk Media
Format Disk:
Allows you to perform a low-level format on a hard disk
drive. Most SCSI disk devices are preformatted at the factory and do
not need to be formatted again. Each hard disk drive must be
low-level formatted before you can use your operating system’s
partitioning and file preparation utilities, such as MS-DOS
Fdisk and
Format
.
CAUTION: A low-level format destroys all data on the drive. Be sure to
back up your data before performing this operation. You cannot abort a
low-level format once it is started.
Verify Disk Media: Allows you to scan the media of a hard disk drive for
defects. If the utility finds bad blocks on the media, it prompts you to
reassign them; if you select
yes
, those blocks are no longer used. You
can press Esc at any time to abort the utility.