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Boot Device Options, SCSI Device Configuration, and Advanced Configuration Options. Highlight an option and press Enter to see a list of possible values. Select SCSI Device Configuration to see a menu of the following options for each device on the SCSI bus: Initiate Sync Negotiation, Maximum Sync Transfer Rate, Enable Disconnection, Send Start Unit Command, and Initiate Wide Negotiation (AHA-3940UW/3940UWD only). These settings apply to individual SCSI devices. Select Advanced Configuration Options for a menu that includes these advanced options: Channel BIOS (Configuration Utility Reserves BIOS Space), Support Removable Disks as Fixed Disks, and Extended BIOS Translation for DOS Drives > 1 GByte. SCSI Disk Utilities When you select SCSI Disk Utilities from the Options menu, a list of installed SCSI devices appears. When you select a device the Utilities menu appears, giving you the following two choices: s Format Disk-runs the Adaptec SCSI low-level format utility. Most SCSI devices are preformatted and do not need to be formatted again. s Verify Disk Media-scans the selected device's media for defects. If bad blocks are found, you are prompted to reassign them; if you select Yes, those blocks are no longer used. 8 Operating System Software Your host adapter is supported by the following operatingsystems: DOS, Windows 3.x, Windows 95, Windows NT, Novell NetWare, OS/2, Unix, and UnixWare. Under MS-DOS 5.0 or later, you can install up to eight hard disk drives (SCSI or non-SCSI) in your computer without using additional software. Older versions of DOS support up to two hard disk drives. 9 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPPCAAAAAAaruHiAAArrntAAAArtAAAeN-SAAAn3uAAApt9mAAAeD4AAAcbAAA0aeAAANtUerAAAu::/AAA3mAAA519AAA11b4AAA1/eAAA010rAAAU4:4AAA/04WAAA9-AAA960AAA/43AAA059AAA,6AAA4R8AAA0e-AAAU0vAAA0AAA.WAAABAAADEAAAAAACIAAAnNAAAsAAAtDAAAaAAAlalAAAtaAAAetAAA:i1oAAAAAA1nAAA/G1AAAAAA8uAAA/i9AAAdAAA6eAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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AHA-3940U/3940UW/3940UWD Installation Guide
Part Number: 511040-00, Rev. B
Print Spec Number: 494568-00
Current Date: 11/14/96
ECN Date:11/18/96
Boot Device Options, SCSI Device Configuration,
and Advanced Configuration Options. Highlight an
option and press
Enter
to see a list of possible values.
Select
SCSI Device Configuration
to
see a menu of
the following options for each device on the SCSI
bus: Initiate Sync Negotiation, Maximum Sync
Transfer Rate, Enable Disconnection, Send Start
Unit Command, and Initiate Wide Negotiation
(AHA-3940UW/3940UWD only). These settings
apply to individual SCSI devices.
Select
Advanced Configuration Options
for a menu
that includes these advanced options: Channel BIOS
(Configuration Utility Reserves BIOS Space), Sup-
port Removable Disks as Fixed Disks, and Extended
BIOS Translation for DOS Drives > 1 GByte.
SCSI Disk Utilities
When you select
SCSI Disk Utilities
from the
Options menu, a list of installed SCSI devices
appears. When you select a device the Utilities menu
appears, giving you the following two choices:
Format Disk
runs the Adaptec SCSI low-level
format utility. Most SCSI devices are preformatted
and do not need to be formatted again.
Verify Disk Media—scans the selected device’s
media for defects. If bad blocks are found, you are
prompted to reassign them; if you select
Yes
,
those blocks are no longer used.
Operating System Software
Your host adapter is supported by the following
operatingsystems: DOS, Windows 3.x, Windows 95,
Windows NT, Novell NetWare, OS/2, Unix, and
UnixWare.
Under MS-DOS 5.0 or later, you can install up to
eight hard disk drives (SCSI or non-SCSI) in your
computer without using additional software. Older
versions of DOS support up to two hard disk drives.
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