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Chapter 8: Configuring the Adaptec SCSI Card with SCSISelect ● 44 Verifying or Formatting a Disk SCSISelect includes a utility that enables you to format and verify disks: ● Verify Disk Media-Allows you to scan the media of a disk drive for defects. If the utility finds bad blocks on the media, it prompts you to reassign them so they are no longer used. ● Format Disk-Allows you to perform a low-level format on a disk drive. A disk must be low-level formatted before you can use the operating system's partitioning and high-level formatting utilities. Most SCSI disk drives are preformatted at the factory and do not need to be formatted again. If a drive is not preformatted, you can use SCSISelect to perform a low-level format on the drive.This operation is compatible with most SCSI disk drives. ! 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. When a lowlevel format command is sent to the disk drive, the drive will start its format. The SCSI card will not be in use and may appear to be hung. You must not interfere or try to stop the low-level format as this can destroy the disk drive and render it unusable. When the drive has completed its low-level format, it will send a command to the SCSI card and allow the user to exit the utility. To use SCSISelect to format or verify a disk: 1 Start SCSISelect. See Starting SCSISelect on page 36. SCSISelect detects all Adaptec SCSI cards and displays the model number, channel letter, slot number, and PCI address for each card and channel. 2 Select the SCSI card and channel that has the devices you want to format or verify. The Options menu appears. 3 Select SCSI Disk Utilities. SCSISelect scans the SCSI bus and lists the SCSI IDs and associated devices on the SCSI bus. 4 From the list of SCSI devices, select the device you want to format or verify. 5 If the device has multiple logical units, a menu of LUNs appears. Select the LUN of the unit you want to format or verify. A small menu appears. 6 Select Verify Disk Media or Format Disk. ● If you select Verify Disk Media, SCSISelect notifies you of bad blocks and prompts you to reassign them. Select Yes to reassign the bad blocks or No to leave them as is. You can press Esc at any time to abort verification. ● If you select Format Disk, a prompt appears, asking you to confirm that you want to format the disk. Select Yes to start formatting the disk, or No to cancel formatting.

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Chapter 8: Configuring the Adaptec SCSI Card with SCSISelect
●
44
Verifying or Formatting a Disk
SCSI
Select
includes a utility that enables you to format and verify disks:
●
Verify Disk Media
—Allows you to scan the media of a disk drive for defects. If the utility
finds bad blocks on the media, it prompts you to reassign them so they are no longer used.
●
Format Disk
—Allows you to perform a low-level format on a disk drive. A disk must be
low-level formatted before you can use the operating system’s partitioning and high-level
formatting utilities. Most SCSI disk drives are preformatted at the factory and do not need
to be formatted again. If a drive is not preformatted, you can use SCSI
Select
to perform a
low-level format on the drive.This operation is compatible with most SCSI disk drives.
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. When a low-
level format command is sent to the disk drive, the drive will start its format. The SCSI card will
not be in use and may appear to be hung. You must not interfere or try to stop the low-level
format as this can destroy the disk drive and render it unusable. When the drive has
completed its low-level format, it will send a command to the SCSI card and allow the user to
exit the utility.
To use SCSI
Select
to format or verify a disk:
1
Start SCSI
Select
. See
Starting SCSISelect
on page 36
.
SCSI
Select
detects all Adaptec SCSI cards and displays the model number, channel letter,
slot number, and PCI address for each card and channel.
2
Select the SCSI card and channel that has the devices you want to format or verify. The
Options menu appears.
3
Select
SCSI Disk Utilities
. SCSI
Select
scans the SCSI bus and lists the SCSI IDs and
associated devices on the SCSI bus.
4
From the list of SCSI devices, select the device you want to format or verify.
5
If the device has multiple logical units, a menu of LUNs appears. Select the LUN of the unit
you want to format or verify. A small menu appears.
6
Select
Verify Disk Media
or
Format Disk
.
●
If you select Verify Disk Media, SCSI
Select
notifies you of bad blocks and prompts you
to reassign them. Select
Yes
to reassign the bad blocks or No to leave them as is. You
can press
Esc
at any time to abort verification.
●
If you select Format Disk, a prompt appears, asking you to confirm that you want to
format the disk. Select
Yes
to start formatting the disk, or
No
to cancel formatting.
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