Tekram Technology DC-820B manual CHKDRIVE.EXE Utility, Special translation method

EISA Fast SCSI Caching Adapter

Special translation method

This method partitions the drive to work with other Tekram adapters.

Heads = 8/16/32/48

Sectors = 26/32/48/63/64/128/192 Cylinders = xxx depends on drive’s capacity

(The head # and Sector # will be calculated automatically, and can not be modified manually.)

Mylex translation method

This method partitions the drive to work with Mylex or Ultrastor adapters.

Heads = 16

Sectors = 63

Cylinders = xxx depends on drive’s capacity

After partitioning the disk, it is necessary to reboot the system for proper operation. For removable devices, you can use /d parameter with DISKDRV.DSK to reserve logical drives. After partitioning the disk by executing TFDISK.EXE, just make a disk change (i.e., retrieve the cartridge and then insert again) to DOS. You can use CHKDRIVE.EXE to verify that the partition has been changed.

2.4 CHKDRIVE.EXE Utility

This utility can be used to check the physical drive and its logical status under Device-driver mode. It provides information about the drive’s SCSI ID, manufacturer, model number, capacity, and drive status. This utility is quite useful for checking if the functions of removable media are as expected, such as media change movement.

Drive status can be reserved, unformatted, or usable:

Reserved: Stands for the logical drive(s) reserved by DISKDRV.SYS’s /d option which do not exist. For example, if (nx) for this specific device is three and only two logical partitions do exist, then the last one logical partition reserved by /d option would be marked as “reserved”.

Unformatted: Means this drive still needs to be formatted by the DOS FORMAT utility to become a usable one.

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