ULTRASTOR ULTRA 12F, Installation Manual

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FIGURE 4.0
Use ARROW KEYS to change fields, SPACE BAR to select
options, ESC key to exit, RETURN key to execute, and F1
to pause or continue
Hard Disk Drive Preparation Menu
Drive: Choose Drive 0 or Drive 1 to be prepared
Interleave: Interleave can be programmed from 0 to 9.
NOTE: Interleave 0 and 1 both provide 1:1 interleaving.
HdSkew: Head skew can be programmed from 0 to 25. Head skew 0 means no head
skew will be performed. The default value shown is calculated and maximized
according to the ESDI drive connected.
CylSkew: Cylinder skew can be programmed from 0 to 25. Cylinder skew 0 means
no cylinder skew will be performed. The default value shown is calculated and
maximized according to the ESDI drives connected.
AutoFormat: This option will perform automatic format procedure on the drive.
Four options are provided: "Brief", "Extended", "Brief-N", and "Extended-N"
formatting.
Brief: Selecting the Brief AutoFormat will instruct the controller to do the
following steps automatically:
*
Retrieve the drive defect list from the ESDI drive.
* Low Level format the entire drive.
* Format the factory defects as bad sectors.
* Verify the entire drive and record any additional grown bad spots.
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DEFECT LIST
HD/CYL/SC/BFI/LEN HD/CYL/SC/BFI/LEN HD/CYL/SC/BFI/LEN
Drive Cylinder Head Sector Precomp Landing Zone Capacity(MB)
0 1457 16 57 NONE 1457 679.4
HARD DISK DRIVE PREPARATION MENU
Drive Interleave HdSkew CylSkew AutoFormat Defect List Primitives
0 1 2 16 Brief Retrieve Verify