Specifications
CoreModule/PC Technical Manual
A-4
SCSICOPY
DESCRIPTION
The Ampro SCSICOPY utility allows you to copy a block of data between two SCSI direct access
devices (e.g. hard disk drives). Although the program must be run from DOS, SCSICOPY pays no
attention to the contents of the source SCSI device, and does not care what (if any) operating system
has been used to write data to it.
You can specify any two SCSI controller ID's, drive Logical Unit Numbers (LUN's), and any block
range.
Warning!
1. SCSICOPY will destroy data on the destination device
within the specified block range. Use with extreme care!
2. Copying less than the full drive may leave part of the
destination device unusable.
OPERATION
To run the program, type its name at the DOS command line:
A>SCSICOPY<Enter>
The program will display a sign-on message and will then prompt you to press the <Enter> key to
continue. After you press the <Enter> key, the program will prompt you for information required,
including the first SCSI ID, first logical unit number, second SCSI ID, second logical unit number,
starting block number, and number of blocks to copy. Then, the program will copy the specified
segment between the two SCSI devices and report on any errors that occur during the process.
The required parameters are defined as follows:
nn SCSI ID - Each device's SCSI ID is determined by the jumpering of the device's SCSI
controller and is in the range 0 through 7.
nn Logical Unit Number (LUN) - Each device's logical unit number is based on how the device
is connected to the controller and may also depend on the setting of jumpers on the device. It
is generally 0 or 1.
nn Block Number - A SCSI "block" is 512 bytes of data. Note that the first block on the device
is numbered 0. SCSICOPY requires that the block starting numbers on the two drives be the
same, so only one starting block number is requested by the program.