User Manual

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Configuring the Adaptec SCSI Card 29160N with SCSISelect
■
Domain Validation
—(Default:
Enabled
) Determines what
kinds of SCSI devices are connected and reduces data transfer
speed if it detects older non-Ultra160 devices. Displays the
resulting data transfer rate.
■
Support Removable Disks Under BIOS as Fixed Disks
—
(Default:
Disabled
) Determines which removable-media drives
are supported by the SCSI card BIOS. Choices are as follows:
■
Boot Only
—Only the removable-media drive designated
as the boot device is 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. Software drivers are required because the
drives are not controlled by the BIOS.
Caution:
Do not
remove a removable-media cartridge
from a SCSI drive controlled by the SCSI card BIOS
while the drive is on. You may lose data. To allow
removability of the media while the drive is on, install
the removable-media software driver and set Support
Removable Disks Under BIOS as Fixed Disks to
Disabled
.
■
Display <Ctrl> <A> Messages during BIOS Initialization
—
(Default:
Enabled
) When set to
Enabled
, the SCSI card BIOS
displays the
Press <Ctrl> <A> for SCSISelect (TM) Utility!
mes-
sage on your screen during system bootup. If this setting is dis-
abled, you can still invoke the SCSI
Select
Utility by pressing
<Ctrl> <A>
after the SCSI card BIOS banner appears.
■
BIOS Support for Bootable CD-ROMs
—(Default:
Enabled
)
When set to
Enabled
, the SCSI card BIOS allows booting from
a CD-ROM drive.
■
BIOS Support for Int 13 Extensions
—(Default:
Enabled
) When
set to
Enabled
, the SCSI card BIOS supports Int 13h extensions
as required by Plug-and-Play. The setting can be either enabled
or disabled if your system is not Plug-and-Play.