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16. Repeat steps 3 through 15 for any additional drivers you want to install.
17. Press <Esc> three times. At the Exit nwconfig? dialog box, highlight Ye s and
press <Enter>.
If you need additional assistance, see the section “Troubleshooting for NetWare”
found later in this chapter.
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The BIOS for the integrated Adaptec AIC-7899 SCSI controller includes the menu-
driven SCSI
Select
configuration utility, which allows you to change SCSI controller
settings without opening the computer. SCSI
Select
also contains SCSI disk utilities
that let you low-level format or verify the disk media of your SCSI hard-disk drives.
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You can start the SCSI
Select
utility by pressing <Ctrl><a> when the following prompt
appears briefly during start-up:
Press <CTRL><A> for SCSISelect™ Utility!
The first menu displays the Configure/View Host Adapter Settings and SCSI Disk
Utilities options.
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SCSI
Select
uses menus to list options that you can select. To select an option, press
the up- and down-arrow keys to move the cursor to the option; then press <Enter>.
In some cases, selecting an option displays another menu. You can return to the previ-
ous menu at any time by pressing <Esc>. To restore the original SCSI
Select
default
values, press <F6>.
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Default settings for the integrated AIC-7899 SCSI controller are shown in Table 3-1.
These default settings are appropriate for most Peripheral Component Interconnect
(PCI) systems. Run SCSI
Select
only if you need to change any of the default settings.
NOTES: To change the configuration settings, you must run the SCSISelect Utility.
The term
host adapter
is used throughout this file to refer to the integrated AIC-7899
SCSI controller.
If the host adapter does not control the bootable hard-disk drive, you may want to dis-
able its BIOS.
For situations in which you might want or need to change the settings, see the
descriptions of each setting in the following subsections.