IBM B50 manual Optical Media, Diskette Format, Option Description

Note:	Erase option in command line	mode uses default values. To selectively read
or	write, use diag in console	mode.

Hardfile	Attached	to	PCI SCSI	RAID	Adapter
This	function	formats the			physical disks		attached to a PCI SCSI RAID adapter. This
task may be run directly					from	the AIX	command line. The following usage statement
describes the			syntax	of	the	command:

Usage:

diag -c -d <RAID adapterName> -T "format {-l <chId> -A }"

Flag	Description
-l	Physical disk channel/ID - (An example	of	physical disk channel/ID is 27,
	where the channel is 2 and the ID	is	7.)
-A	All disks

Optical Media

ŸOptical Media Initialize

Formats the media without certifying. This function does not reassign the defective blocks or erase the data on the media. It provides a quick way of formatting the media and cleaning the disk.

Note: It takes approximately 1 minute to format the media.

ŸOptical Media Format and Certify

Formats and	certifies	the media. This function reassigns the defective blocks
and erases	all data	on the media.

This task may be run directly from the AIX command line. The following usage statement describes the syntax of the command:

Usage:

diag -c -d <deviceName> -T "format [-s {initialize fmtcert} ]"

Option Description

initialize Formats media without certifying.

fmtcert formats and certifies the media.

Diskette Format

This selection formats a diskette by writing patterns to it.

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