Combining Scsi And Non-Scsi Devices - Adaptec 19160 - SCSI Card Storage Controller U160 160 MBps Reference

Adaptec SCSI Card 19160 User's Reference

Combining SCSI and Non-SCSI Devices

You can install the Adaptec SCSI Card 19160 in a computer that
already has a non-SCSI controller, such as an EIDE controller.
However, you cannot cross-connect the disk drives and other
devices: SCSI devices must be connected to the Adaptec SCSI Card
19160, EIDE devices must be connected to the EIDE controller, and
so on.
When you install the Adaptec SCSI Card 19160 and SCSI disk drives
in a computer that boots from a non-SCSI disk drive, the computer
will continue to boot from the non-SCSI disk drive unless you
change the computer's CMOS configuration. You do not need to
change the configuration if you just want to use the SCSI drives for
additional file storage space.
If your computer's motherboard BIOS supports the BIOS Boot
Specification (BBS) feature, you can select a different boot device
without much difficulty. (To determine if the motherboard BIOS
supports BBS, read the computer documentation or contact your
motherboard manufacturer.)
The following table shows what to do, after you physically install
the SCSI card and SCSI devices, to use different kinds of disk drives
in the same computer:
Does computer Want computer
BIOS support to boot from
BBS? SCSI drive?
No No
No Yes
Yes No
Yes Yes
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Then do this:
No action required. SCSI drives and
non-SCSI drives can be used
together.
Run CMOS Setup program. Change
primary Hard Disk setting to None
or No Drives Installed (see com-
puter documentation). You will not
be able to use the non-SCSI drive(s) at
all when you boot from the SCSI
drive.
No action required. SCSI drives and
non-SCSI drives can be used
together.
Run CMOS Setup program and
select SCSI drive as boot device.
SCSI drives and non-SCSI drives
can be used together.