Adaptec 1863700 User Reference - Page 18

Adaptec SCSI Card 29160LP User's Reference Combining SCSI and Non-SCSI Devices You can install the Adaptec SCSI Card 29160LP in a computer that already has a non-SCSI controller, such as an EIDE controller. However, you cannot cross-connect the disk drives and other devices: SCSI devices must be connected to the Adaptec SCSI Card 29160LP, EIDE devices must be connected to the EIDE controller, and so on. When you install the Adaptec SCSI Card 29160LP and SCSI hard disk drives in a computer that boots from a non-SCSI hard disk drive, the computer will continue to boot from the non-SCSI hard 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 BIOS support BBS? No No Yes Yes Want computer to boot from SCSI drive? No Yes No Yes Then do this: No action required. SCSI drives and non-SCSI drives can be used together. 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. No action required. SCSI drives and non-SCSI drives can be used together. Run CMOS Setup program and select SCSI drive as boot device. SCSI drives and non-SCSI drives can be used together. 12