Booting The Computer From A Scsi Drive - Acer Altos 330 Series User Manual

Booting the Computer from a SCSI Drive

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Be sure that both standard hard disks are mapped out of the computer using
the Setup program by setting the Setup program to Onboard IDE-Disabled.
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Be sure that the SCSI boot drive is set to SCSI ID 0 and that there are no SCSI
ID conflicts. Check the drive installation manual for information about
setting the SCSI ID for that device. You can use the SCSISelect utility to
determine the SCSI IDs of devices on the SCSI bus.
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Be sure that parity checking is consistently enabled or disabled on all devices
on the SCSI bus. See the section "SCSI Parity Checking".
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Try enabling Include in BIOS Scan in the SCSI Device Configuration option of
the SCSISelect utility. See the section "SCSI Device Configuration".
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Be sure to cycle the power OFF and ON after changing any values on a SCSI
controller, in a Setup program, or on a SCSI device. Doing this ensures that
the new initial values are loaded.
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Be sure that the SCSI bus is properly terminated. See the section "Setting
SCSI Bus Termination".
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Be sure that the intended boot disk has an active partition and has been
formatted.
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Check cable connections and pin-1 orientation.
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The following items may apply for multiple SCSI
controller configurations.
"Configuring Multiple SCSI Controllers" for more
detailed information.
See the section