Host Adapter SCSI Terminators ON. Use
this option
to set adapter SCSI termination. Only terminators on
devices at both ends of the SCSI chain should be
on.
Device Configuration
Enable Fast Transfer
Many
devices arc ca-
pable of transferring data across the SCSI bus at 5 to 10
This option can increase performance in
some applications if the attached device can also sup-
port the faster
data rate.
together
with the
Sync
option.
Enable Sync Negotiation. U
SC
this option to
adapter to initiate the synchronous data transfer
tiation
itself and
SCSI
connected
to the SCSI bus.
Enable Disconnection.
this option to enable or
dis-
able SCSI disconnection on each target device.
enabled, it allows SCSI devices to perform seek opera-
tions in
and thus
SCSI bus
BIOS Sends Start Unit Command.
This option allows
you to specify the SCSI
motor spin up is
sequentially
by BIOS at power-up.
Ignore in
BIOS Scan.
This option
you exclude
lcctcd
from BIOS scan and
Advanced Configuration
Host Adapter BIOS Enabled.
This read-only field dis-
plays whether BIOS is
or disabled for this
adapter.
Host Adapter BIOS
Uses INT
19 for System
Boot.This
option allows you to include or exclude the adapter
board BIOS in the DOS boot process.
Host Adapter BIOS Supports DOS Space
This
option
the adapter
BIOS to support up
to Gigabytcs
drive of DOS disk space. The
support must be turned on under the following
two
conditions:
the combined space of all the DOS parti-
tions exceeds 1
or (2) 1
disk accesses are
required to boot the operating system.
BIOS Supports Removable Disks as Fixed Disks.
This
option enables the adapter BIOS to register removable
disks as fixed disks and access them via Interrupt 13H.
BIOS Supports 2 Drives (DOS 5.0 or Above).
This
option turns on BIOS support for more than two hard
disk devices on the SCSI bus.
Enable BIOS Interrupt
Mode. Enable if your version
of DOS is multitasking (e.g., PC-MOS).
Support Floptical Drive.
When this option is enabled,
BIOS registers and controls floptical devices.
Enable SCSI Bus Reset.
When this option is cnablcd,
the adapter asserts a SCSI bus reset signal upon
ing a hard
Resewed RAM for BIOS access (Segment: Offset) 0.
U
SC
this
option to allocate system memory for BIOS
ramcter storage.
Set Host Adapter I/O Port Address as Default.
This
option is always enabled for this product.
Step
8.
Testing Adapter Connectivity
Use
DMA
Test on
Port
option on
Diagnostics Menu to
to
motherboard. This test writes and
data bctwccn
the adapter and the motherboard. Press
to
the test. If
fails,
your
Step 9. Formatting the Hard Drive
Because most off-the-shelf hard drives are factory
it is unlikely that you
to
this
cedurc and you may
to
10. If, however,
you have an un-formatted disk,
or if you
ing problems with your hard drive that indicate
for a low-level format, use the
Format Disk
option
on the
Utilities Menu.
Caution: This procedure will
everything on your
drive.
up your hard drive
before
proceeding.
The format duration
on the
of your hard
drive. You cannot stop the format once it’s started.
Once it is completed, you may run the Verify
Disk
op-
tion to check the format.
Step 10. Setting Up the Hard Drive
You will need to take the following steps to configure
your hard drive for operation:
n
Create a partition on the drive for your operating
system and high-level format the drive.
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