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Installing and Configuring SCSI Drivers 3-3
In some cases, selecting an option displays another menu. You can return to the previ-
ous menu at any time by pressing <Esc>. To restore the original SCSI
Select
defaults,
press <F6>.
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Select Configure/View Host Adapter Settings to display the current settings for the
SCSI bus interface, boot device options, SCSI device/configuration, and advanced
host adapter. Before changing the settings, review the list of settings in Table 3-1 and
the descriptions of the settings in the subsections that follow Table 3-1.
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To access the SCSI disk utilities, select SCSI Disk Utilities from the menu that
appears when you start SCSI
Select
. When the option is selected, SCSI
Select
immedi-
ately scans the SCSI bus (to determine what devices are installed) and displays a list
of all SCSI IDs and the device assigned to each ID.
When you select a specific ID and device, a small menu displaying the Format Disk
and Verify Disk Media options appears.
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Format Disk This option runs a utility that allows you to perform a low-level
format on a hard-disk drive. Most SCSI disk drives are formatted at the factory
and do not need to be formatted again. The Adaptec Format Disk utility is com-
patible with the vast majority of SCSI hard-disk drives.
Verify Disk Media This option runs a utility that allows you to scan the hard-
disk drive for defects. If the utility finds bad blocks, it prompts you to reassign
them; if you select Yes , those blocks are no longer used. You can press <Esc> at
any time to exit the utility.
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To exit SCSI
Select
, press <Esc> until a message prompts you to exit. (If you changed
any 78
xx
series host adapter settings, you are prompted to save the changes before
you exit.) At the prompt, select Ye s to exit and then press any key to reboot the com-
puter. Any changes you made in SCSI
Select
take effect after the computer boots. (You
can select No at the prompt if you are not ready to exit SCSI
Select
.)
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The defaults for the optional Adaptec AHA-2940U2W SCSI controller and the built-in
AIC-7890 and AIC-7860 SCSI controllers are shown in Table 3-1. These defaults are
appropriate for most Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) systems. Run
SCSI
Select
only if you need to change any of the defaults.
NOTE: The SCSI
Select
Utility must be run for both the AIC-7890 and the AIC-7860
SCSI controllers if you need to change the configuration settings.
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