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2. Select the logical drive to be initialized.
3. Choose the Initialize option from the action menu. The progress of the initialization appears
as a bar graph on the screen.
4. When initialization completes, press any key to return to the previous menu.
Using Logical Drives in the Operating System
For information on an operating system other than DOS, see the software manual accompanying the
drivers for that operating system. To use the logical drive(s) in DOS, follow the procedure outlined
below.
1. Exit HP NetRAID Express Tools and re-boot the NetServer.
2. Run DOS FDISK and configure one or more partitions using the logical drives. (FDISK can
only read the first 8 logical drives, and a maximum of 2 GB.)
3. Format the partitions with the FORMAT command.
D. Formatting Physical Drives
Since most SCSI disk drives are low-level formatted at the factory, this step is usually not necessary.
Usually, you must format a disk only if:
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The disk drive was not low-level formatted at the factory
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There is an excessive number of media errors detected on the disk drive
NOTE Formatting a physical drive deletes all information on the disk.
Media Errors
Check the View Drive Information screen for the drive to be formatted. You can view this screen by
following these steps:
1. Choose Objects from the Management menu.
2. Select the physical drives option, and choose a device.
3. Press F2.
The error count is displayed at the bottom of the properties screen. If you feel that the number of
errors is excessive, you should probably format the disk drive. If there are more than 32 media errors
detected, the adapter automatically puts the drive in a Fail state. In these cases, formatting the drive
can clear up the problem.
NOTE You do not need to use the Format option if you simply want to erase existing
information on your SCSI disks, such as a DOS partition. That information is
erased when you initialize logical drives.
Formatting Drives Options
You can format the physical drives in two ways:
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Batch Formatting: The Format option in the HP NetRAID Config Management Menu lets
you format up to eight disk drives simultaneously.