1.\" Copyright (c) 1993 Regents of the University of California. 2.\" All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" %sccs.include.redist.man% 5.\" 6.\" @(#)scsiformat.8 5.1 (Berkeley) 06/05/93 7.\" 8.Dd 9.Dt SCSIFORMAT 8 10.Os BSD 4 11.Sh NAME 12.Nm scsiformat 13.Nd format SCSI disks and show SCSI parameters 14.Sh SYNOPSIS 15.Nm scsiformat 16.Op Fl r 17.Op Fl p Ar page-control 18.Ar raw-device-name 19.Sh DESCRIPTION 20The 21.Nm scsiformat 22utility can be used to format SCSI disks 23on systems that support on-line SCSI formatting 24(currently this is limited to the HP300 and SPARC ports). 25It will also show the various parameters set in the SCSI controller. 26.Pp 27The options are as follows: 28.Bl -tag -width indent 29.It Fl p 30Modify how the SCSI mode sense page query is constructed. 31By default, 32.Nm scsiformat 33asks for the current settings. 34The page-control flag is one of: 35.sp 36.Bl -tag -width XXX -compact 37.It Li c 38gets current settings. 39.It Li d 40gets default settings (those provided by the disk's manufacturer). 41.It Li s 42gets saved settings (those that persist across power cycles). 43.It Li v 44shows which parameters are variable. 45.El 46.It Fl r 47Don't format, instead display the disk parameters. 48.El 49.Sh DIAGNOSTICS 50These should mostly be self-explanatory. 51A copy of the SCSI standard (or a more readable derivative) 52may be useful, however. 53.Sh HISTORY 54The 55.Nm scsiformat 56utility first appeared in 4.4BSD. 57