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3. Select the removable-media device. Drive status items appear as shown in Table 3-2. Volume Segments on Drive1 Select for a list Read After Write Verify1 Hardware Level Drive Light Status1 Not supported Drive Operating Status1 Active Removable Drive Mount Status2 Mounted Removable Drive Lock Status2 Not Locked 1 Valid for both removable and nonremovable SCSI drives 2 Valid for removable media only Read After Write Verify (menu option 2) is set to Hardware Level by default. This option cannot be specified in the startup.ncf or autoexec.ncf file. The available settings are defined in Table 3-3. Disabled Hardware Level Software Level All writes to SCSI disk drives are executed with the SCSI Write command (0Ah or 2Ah). All writes to SCSI disk drives are executed with the SCSI Write and Verify command (2Eh) or (if this command is not supported by the drive) with the SCSI Write command (0Ah or 2Ah), followed by the SCSI Verify command (2Fh). Not supported. Mounting causes a drive to come online as a IntranetWare storage device. Dismounted drives are inactive and cannot be accessed. Before you eject your current media, you should first dismount it (using menu option 5). When the mount status is Dismounted, you can eject the media. However, IntranetWare does not allow you to dismount media that are locked. To insert your new media, wait for the drive to spin up, and then select the Removable Drive Mount Status option. Installing and Configuring SCSI Drivers 3-23

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Installing and Configuring SCSI Drivers
3-23
3.
Select the removable-media device.
Drive status items appear as shown in Table 3-2.
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Read After Write Verify
(menu option 2) is set to
Hardware Level
by default. This
option cannot be specified in the
startup.ncf
or
autoexec.ncf
file. The available set-
tings are defined in Table 3-3.
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Mounting causes a drive to come online as a IntranetWare storage device. Dis-
mounted drives are inactive and cannot be accessed.
Before you eject your current media, you should first dismount it (using menu
option 5). When the mount status is
Dismounted
, you can eject the media. However,
IntranetWare does not allow you to dismount media that are locked.
To insert your new media, wait for the drive to spin up, and then select the
Remov-
able Drive Mount Status
option.
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Volume Segments on Drive
1
Select for a list
Read After Write Verify
1
Hardware Level
Drive Light Status
1
Not supported
Drive Operating Status
1
Active
Removable Drive Mount Status
2
Mounted
Removable Drive Lock Status
2
Not Locked
1
Valid for both removable and nonremovable SCSI drives
2
Valid for removable media only
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Disabled
All writes to SCSI disk drives are executed with the
SCSI Write
command (0Ah or 2Ah).
Hardware Level
All writes to SCSI disk drives are executed with the
SCSI Write and Verify
command (2Eh) or (if this com-
mand is not supported by the drive) with the
SCSI
Write
command (0Ah or 2Ah), followed by the
SCSI
Verify
command (2Fh).
Software Level
Not supported.