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4.1 Low Level Format Using ULTRA 12F24 Onboard Utility.
4.1.1 UltraStor BIOS Setup Menu.
Before the low level format is executed, set up the drive parameters. Select the
"Drive Parameter Setup" option from the main menu (Figure 2.0); the on-board
utility will go into "UltraStor BIOS Setup Menu", as shown in Figure 3.0.
The on-board utility will read the drive parameters from the attached ESDI drive(s)
and put the values into the appropriate field on the screen. Thus, the user does not
need to investigate and input these values manually.
Users can select from the "One Spare Sector/Track" option, the "Sector Mapping"
option, or the "Track Mapping" option for each drive independently. "32 or 63"
sector mapping is used for accessing drives that have more than 1024 cylinders. "17"
sector mapping is used for running any software that uses fixed 17 sectors per track.
The track mapping option is used for drives greater than 528MBytes under DOS.
All the options are independent of each other, thus providing a maximum number of
combinations.
Please refer to Appendix A, Mapping Options for Drives Under Various Operating
Systems, to set up mapping options for various drives' geometry and capacity under
different operating systems.
When all the appropriate options have been entered, press
F10 to save then F5 to
confirm execution. The utility will update the system CMOS RAM with the correct
number of hard disk drives and save the mapping option to the hard disk, then boot
up again under DOS. (Refer to Section 5.0 if drive parameter is incorrect.)
FIGURE 2.0
Use Up/Down Arrow keys to select, Enter key to execute,
and ESC key to exit.
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ULTRASTOR UTILITY MAIN MENU
Version 2.02
1. Drive Parameter Setup
2. Drive Preparation