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102 Chapter 5 SCSISelect Utility This message occurs only if Extended BIOS Translation is enabled in the SCSISelect utility. It means that the BIOS detected a large capacity drive with invalid partition information in the master boot record. If you are using a drive larger than 1 GByte under MS-DOS 5.0 or above and this message appears, do the following: 1. Run the SCSISelect utility and set Extended BIOS Translation to Disabled. (See Extended BIOS Translation for DOS Drives > 1 GByte in the Advanced Configuration Options section). 2. Exit from the SCSISelect utility and back up the data on the disk drive, if you want to save it. 3. Perform a SCSI low-level format with the Format Disk utility under SCSI Disk Utilities in the SCSISelect utility. All data on the target drive will be lost when you run the Format Disk utility. Back up your data before you run it! You cannot abort a low-level format once it is started. 4. In the SCSISelect Advanced Configuration Options menu, set Extended BIOS -Translation to Enabled. 5. Partition the drive again. 6. Restore data to the drive, if necessary. Device connected, but not ready This message appears if the SCSI controller receives no answer when it requests data from an installed SCSI device. The SCSI controller skips this device and moves on to the next device on the bus. Do the following if you see this message when you request data from a SCSI drive: 1. Run the SCSISelect utility and access SCSI Device Configuration. Locate the host controller's SCSI ID and set Send Start Unit Command to yes. 2. Exit the SCSISelect utility and request data from the drive again. 3. If the message still appears, follow the drive manufacturer's instructions to make sure the drive is set to spin-up when the power is switched ON. Start unit request failed The BIOS was unable to send a Start Unit Command to the device. Run the SCSISelect utility and disable Send Start Unit Command for the device.

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Chapter 5 SCSISelect Utility
102
This message occurs only if Extended BIOS Translation is enabled in the
SCSI
Select
utility. It means that the BIOS detected a large capacity drive with
invalid partition information in the master boot record.
If you are using a drive larger than 1 GByte under MS-DOS 5.0 or above and this
message appears, do the following:
1.
Run the SCSI
Select
utility and set Extended BIOS Translation to
Disabled
.
(See Extended BIOS Translation for DOS Drives > 1 GByte in the Advanced
Configuration Options section).
2.
Exit from the SCSI
Select
utility and back up the data on the disk drive, if you
want to save it.
3.
Perform a SCSI low-level format with the
Format Disk
utility under SCSI
Disk Utilities in the SCSI
Select
utility.
All data on the target drive will be lost when you run the
Format Disk
utility.
Back up your data before you run it! You
cannot
abort a low-level format
once it is started.
4.
In the SCSI
Select
Advanced Configuration Options menu, set Extended BIOS
-Translation to
Enabled
.
5.
Partition the drive again.
6.
Restore data to the drive, if necessary.
Device connected, but not ready
This message appears if the SCSI controller receives no answer when it requests
data from an installed SCSI device. The SCSI controller skips this device and
moves on to the next device on the bus.
Do the following if you see this message when you request data from a SCSI drive:
1.
Run the SCSI
Select
utility and access SCSI Device Configuration.
Locate the
host controller's SCSI ID and set Send Start Unit Command to
yes
.
2.
Exit the SCSI
Select
utility and request data from the drive again.
3.
If the message still appears, follow the drive manufacturer's instructions to
make sure the drive is set to spin-up when the power is switched ON.
Start unit request failed
The BIOS was unable to send a Start Unit Command to the device. Run the
SCSI
Select
utility and disable Send Start Unit Command for the device.