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Adaptec RAID Installation Guide You want the system to boot from a drive that is not attached to an Adaptec controller. However, during startup, the controller BIOS message appears first, indicating that a drive attached to an Adaptec controller will be the boot drive. Use SMOR to disable Boot Enable for that controller. This prevents the Adaptec controller from being used as the boot controller for the system.The Adaptec controller BIOS reports a drive as a disk instead of a drive. This condition can occur if SMOR is used to disable Boot Enable. If you require access to disk drives connected to the Adaptec controller during the boot process, set Bootable Devices to Normal. After updating the Adaptec controller firmware or BIOS and restarting, LEDs 1 and 5 or 2 and 5 flash once per second. These patterns indicate that the controller startup code detected a firmware checksum error or a flash error. Disable the firmware, BIOS, and SMOR and then replace them using the flash Mode 0 procedure. For details, refer to Appendix D. A firmware upgrade is unsuccessful, causing the controller to hang the system. You can temporarily disable the firmware, BIOS, and SMOR and then replace them using the flash Mode 0 procedure. For details, refer to Appendix D. After an upgrade of the controller BIOS only, pressing Ctrl+A at the system prompt displays the message Card not configurable. Upgrade SMOR using the flash Mode 0 procedure. For details, refer to Appendix D. The floppy disk drive cannot be accessed after installing an Adaptec controller. Use SMOR to enable the EBDA Relocation option. For details, refer to using SMOR on page 2-11. C-4

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Adaptec RAID Installation Guide
You want the system to boot from a drive that is not attached to
an Adaptec controller. However, during startup, the controller
BIOS message appears first, indicating that a drive attached to
an Adaptec controller will be the boot drive.
Use SMOR to disable Boot Enable for that controller. This
prevents the Adaptec controller from being used as the boot
controller for the system.The Adaptec controller BIOS reports a
drive as a disk instead of a drive.
This condition can occur if SMOR is used to disable Boot Enable.
If you require access to disk drives connected to the Adaptec
controller during the boot process, set Bootable Devices to
Normal
.
After updating the Adaptec controller firmware or BIOS and
restarting, LEDs 1 and 5 or 2 and 5 flash once per second.
These patterns indicate that the controller startup code detected
a firmware checksum error or a flash error. Disable the firmware,
BIOS, and SMOR and then replace them using the flash Mode 0
procedure. For details, refer to
Appendix D
.
A firmware upgrade is unsuccessful, causing the controller to
hang the system.
You can temporarily disable the firmware, BIOS, and SMOR and
then replace them using the flash Mode 0 procedure. For details,
refer to
Appendix D
.
After an upgrade of the controller BIOS only, pressing Ctrl+A at
the system prompt displays the message
Card not configurable.
Upgrade SMOR using the flash Mode 0 procedure. For details,
refer to
Appendix D
.
The floppy disk drive cannot be accessed after installing an
Adaptec controller.
Use SMOR to enable the EBDA Relocation option. For details,
refer to
using SMOR
on page 2-11
.