Adaptec 29320A-R User Guide - Page 52

HostRAID Options

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Configuring the Adaptec SCSI Card with SCSISelect s Support Removable Disks Under INT 13 as Fixed Disks- (Default: Disabled) Determines which removable-media drives are supported by the SCSI card BIOS. The options are as follows: s Disabled- No removable-media drives running under DOS are treated as hard disk drives. Software drivers are required because the drives are not controlled by the BIOS. ! Caution: You may lose data if you remove a removablemedia cartridge from a SCSI drive controlled by the SCSI card BIOS while the drive is on. If you want to be able to remove the media while the drive is on, install the removable-media software driver and set Support Removable Disks Under BIOS as Fixed Disks to Disabled. s Boot Only-Only the removable-media drive designated as the boot device is treated as a hard disk drive. s All Disks-All removable-media drives supported by the BIOS are treated as hard disk drives. This setting has no effect on drives under NetWare because NetWare automatically supports removable-media drives as hard disk drives. Note: The Boot Only and All Disks options are available only if the SCSI Controller BIOS option is enabled. s BIOS Support for Bootable CD-ROM-(Default: Enabled) When set to Enabled, the SCSI card BIOS allows the computer to boot from a CD-ROM drive. If booting from a hard disk or other device, make sure no bootable CD is inserted, or disable this option. HostRAID Options HostRAID-When set to Enabled, the user can create and maintain RAID arrays. To enable HostRAID functionality and use it to manage RAID arrays, see Chapter 4, Using the SCSISelect Utility to Manage Arrays. 3-11

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Configuring the Adaptec SCSI Card with SCSISelect
Support Removable Disks Under INT 13 as Fixed Disks
(Default:
Disabled
) Determines which removable-media drives
are supported by the SCSI card BIOS. The options are as
follows:
Disabled
No removable-media drives running under
DOS are treated as hard disk drives. Software drivers are
required because the drives are not controlled by the BIOS.
Caution:
You may lose data
if you remove a removable-
media cartridge from a SCSI drive controlled by the
SCSI card BIOS while the drive is on. If you want to be
able to remove the media while the drive is on, install
the removable-media software driver and set Support
Removable Disks Under BIOS as Fixed Disks to
Disabled
.
Boot Only
Only the removable-media drive designated as
the boot device is treated as a hard disk drive.
All Disks
All removable-media drives supported by the
BIOS are treated as hard disk drives. This setting has no
effect on drives under NetWare because NetWare
automatically supports removable-media drives as hard
disk drives.
Note:
The Boot Only and All Disks options are available
only if the SCSI Controller BIOS option is enabled.
BIOS Support for Bootable CD-ROM
(Default:
Enabled
)
When set to
Enabled
, the SCSI card BIOS allows the computer
to boot from a CD-ROM drive. If booting from a hard disk or
other device, make sure no bootable CD is inserted, or disable
this option.
HostRAID Options
HostRAID—
When set to
Enabled
, the user can create and
maintain RAID arrays. To enable HostRAID functionality and use
it to manage RAID arrays, see
Chapter 4,
Using the SCSISelect
Utility to Manage Arrays
.
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