103 lines
3.5 KiB
Groff
103 lines
3.5 KiB
Groff
.\" Copyright (c) 1993 Regents of the University of California.
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
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.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
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.\" This product includes software developed by the University of
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.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors.
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.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
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.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
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.\" without specific prior written permission.
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.\" @(#)scsiformat.8 5.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
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.\" $Id$
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.\"
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.Dd June 5, 1993
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.Dt SCSIFORMAT 8
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.Os BSD 4
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm scsiformat
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.Nd format SCSI disks and show SCSI parameters
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm scsiformat
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.Op Fl qw
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.Op Fl p Ar page-control
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.Ar device-name
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm scsiformat
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utility can be used to format SCSI disks
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on systems that support on-line SCSI formatting.
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It will also show the various parameters set in the SCSI controller.
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The
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.Ar device-name
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should be either a disk name like
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.Ql sd0 ,
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or the path name of the control device for a disk, as in
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.Pa /dev/rsd0.ctl .
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Using a regular disk device may not work, for example in case of a
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device where the medium format is corrupted.
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.Pp
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The options are as follows:
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It Fl p
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Modify how the SCSI mode sense page query is constructed.
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By default,
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.Nm scsiformat
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asks for the current settings.
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The page-control flag is one of:
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.sp
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.Bl -tag -width XXX -compact
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.It Li c
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gets current settings.
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.It Li d
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gets default settings (those provided by the disk's manufacturer).
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.It Li s
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gets saved settings (those that persist across power cycles).
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.It Li v
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shows which parameters are variable.
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.El
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.It Fl q
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Quiet; suppress the mode page output. Only the inquiry string will be
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printed, so the operator can ensure he's going to format the intended
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drive.
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.It Fl w
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Do actually format; by default, only the disk parameters will be
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displayed.
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.El
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.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
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These should mostly be self-explanatory.
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A copy of the SCSI standard (or a more readable derivative)
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may be useful, however.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr scsi 8 .
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm scsiformat
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utility first appeared in
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.Bx 4.4 .
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This version has been reworked as a wrapper around
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.Xr scsi 8
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by Peter Dufault for
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.Fx 2.1 .
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