Tekram Technology DC-820B - Manual (Page 37)

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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.