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Include in BIOS Scan
Allows Int 13h devices (hard drives) attached to the SCSI bus to be
recognized by the host adapter BIOS and installed as devices on the
system without the need for device driver software.
Error if Device Not Found
Selects whether the user will be notified if the BIOS is unable to find
the device during the boot procedure.
Send Start Unit Command
Used for devices that require a command to start up after power-on.
Most devices do not require this.
Utilities
The following SCSI utility is available with your host adapter:
Format Disk–accesses the Adaptec SCSI Low-Level Format
utility. Most SCSI disk drives are preformatted, and do not need
reformatting.
Select Utilities from the ECU to access Format Disk.
Operating System Support
DOS/Windows
Under MS-DOS 5.0 or higher, up to eight SCSI hard disk drives can
be connected to the SCSI bus without additional software (older ver-
sions of DOS support up to two hard disk drives). Additional soft-
ware is required to do the following:
Support more than two fixed disk drives under versions of
MS-DOS prior to version 5.0.
Use devices other than hard disk drives such as SCSI tape
drives, CD-ROM, scanners, plotters, etc.
Treat removable media devices as removable while your com-
puter is running.
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