Two mechanisms of the galactic seed field generation are discussed. One of the mechanisms implies a direct generation of the seed magnetic field through a battery process (Lazarian 1992a). The other accounts for the possibility of the preliminary amplification of the magnetic field on a scale of molecular clouds (Lazarian 1992b). This means that the galactic dynamo can feed on the non-zero average value of the magnetic field amplified by such a small-scale dynamo. It is shown that both mechanisms can generate an adequate seed field. These two scenarios of the seed magnetic field generation can be distinguished by an analysis of the present day galactic magnetic structure.
