Bios Configuration; Support Removable Disks As Fixed Disk; Extended Translation For Drives > 1 Gbyte; Support For More Than Two Drives - Adaptec AHA-2740W Installation Manual

BIOS Configuration

This option allows you to make changes to the configuration of the
host adapter BIOS. Use the cursor keys to move between options. To
toggle values for each option, press the

Support Removable Disks as Fixed Disk

Allows you to configure removable media drives supported by the
BIOS. The following choices are available:
Boot Device Only —
as the boot device will be treated as a fixed disk.
All Devices
BIOS will be treated as fixed disk drives.
— No removable drives will be treated as fixed disks.
Disable
Software drivers are needed for drives not controlled by the
BIOS.
Caution:
BIOS allows for use of a removable drive as if it were a fixed
disk drive; it does not mean that the disk media can be
removed during operation. Loss of data can occur if the
media is removed during operation.
Extended Translation for Drives > 1 GByte
Provides a mechanism for using hard disks with capacities greater
than 1 GByte. If this option is enabled, the following translation
schemes are used:
SCSI hard disks
heads, 32 sectors per track.
SCSI hard disks
heads, 63 sectors per track.

Support for More than Two Drives

Allows BIOS to support more than two SCSI hard drives (supported
by DOS 5.0 and above).
Only the removable media drive designated
— All removable media drives supported by the
Support for removable drives means only that the
1 GByte use a translation scheme of 64
GByte use a translation scheme of 255
BIOS Configuration
key.
Enter
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