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Using SCSI Disk Utilities

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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 SCSISelect. SCSISelect 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 arrow 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. 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 has 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. Pressing Esc at any time aborts the utility. 22

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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 arrow 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
.
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. Pressing
Esc
at any time aborts the utility.
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 has started.