Adaptec 29320A-R User Guide - Page 32

Using the Adaptec SCSI Card and SCSI Devices When you install an Adaptec SCSI Card and SCSI disk drives in a computer that boots from a non-SCSI disk drive, the computer will continue to boot from the non-SCSI disk drive unless you change the computer's CMOS configuration. You do not need to change the configuration if you just want to use the SCSI drives for additional file storage space. If your computer's motherboard BIOS supports the BIOS Boot Specification (BBS) feature, you can select a different boot device without much difficulty. (To determine if the motherboard BIOS supports BBS, read the computer documentation or contact your motherboard manufacturer.) The following table shows what to do, after you physically install the SCSI card and SCSI devices, to use different kinds of disk drives in the same computer. Does computer Want computer to boot BIOS support BBS? from SCSI drive? Then do this: No No No action required. SCSI drives and non-SCSI drives can be used together. No Yes Run CMOS Setup program. Change primary Hard Disk setting to None or No Drives Installed (see computer documentation). You will not be able to use the non-SCSI drive(s) at all when you boot from the SCSI drive. Yes No No action required. SCSI drives and non-SCSI drives can be used together. Yes Yes Run CMOS Setup program and select SCSI drive as boot device. SCSI drives and non-SCSI drives can be used together. 2-5