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Host Adapter BIOS, Support Removable Disks Under BIOS as Fixed Disks, Enabled, Boot Only, All Disks

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Host Adapter BIOS This option enables or disables the SCSI controller BIOS. Default is Enabled. The SCSI controller BIOS must be enabled if you want the computer to boot from a SCSI hard disk drive connected to the SCSI controller. Several SCSISelect options cannot be used unless the SCSI controller BIOS is enabled. Support Removable Disks Under BIOS as Fixed Disks This option allows you to control which removable-media drives are supported by the SCSI controller BIOS. It is only valid if the SCSI controller BIOS is enabled. The default setting is Boot Only. The following choices are available: • Boot Only - Only the removable-media drive designated as the boot device are treated as a hard disk drive. • All Disks - All removable-media drives supported by the BIOS are treated as hard disk drives. • Disabled - No removable-media drives are treated as hard disk drives. In this situation, software drivers are needed because the drives are not controlled by the BIOS. Support for removable-media drives means only that the SCSI controller BIOS allows you to use a removable-media drive as if it were a hard disk drive; it does not mean you can remove the disk media during operation. If a removable-media SCSI device is controlled by the SCSI controller BIOS, do not remove the media while the drive is powered-on or you may lose data! If you want to be able to remove media while the power is on, install the removable-media device driver and set this option to Disabled. Chapter 3 - SCSISelect Configuration Utility 3-17

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Chapter 3 – SCSISelect Configuration Utility
3-17
Host Adapter BIOS
This option enables or disables the SCSI controller BIOS. Default is
Enabled
.
The SCSI controller BIOS must be enabled if you want the computer to boot from a
SCSI hard disk drive connected to the SCSI controller. Several SCSI
Select
options
cannot be used unless the SCSI controller BIOS is enabled.
Support Removable Disks Under BIOS as Fixed Disks
This option allows you to control which removable-media drives are supported by
the SCSI controller BIOS. It is only valid if the SCSI controller BIOS is enabled. The
default setting is
Boot Only
. The following choices are available:
•
Boot Only
– Only the removable-media drive designated as the boot device
are treated as a hard disk drive.
•
All Disks
– All removable-media drives supported by the BIOS are treated as
hard disk drives.
•
Disabled
– No removable-media drives are treated as hard disk drives. In this
situation, software drivers are needed because the drives are not controlled by
the BIOS.
Support for removable-media drives means
only that the SCSI controller BIOS
allows
you to use a removable-media drive as if it
were a hard disk drive; it does
not
mean you
can remove the disk media during operation.
If a removable-media SCSI device is
controlled by the SCSI controller BIOS,
do
not
remove the media while the drive is
powered-on or you may lose data! If you want
to be able to remove media while the power
is on, install the removable-media device
driver and set this option to
Disabled
.