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by azizhakim

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Good Morning scsi gurus,I am just getting into scsi.So far things are good.Learnt jumper configuration,have set up a system with two scsi drives,a 4mm dat tape backup &
plextor cd-rom.Will install member server to
learn Exchange 5.5.Duplicated thescenario through the book i am studying "MASTERING Microsoft EXCHANGE SERVER"By Barry Gerber.I am used to installing NT from ide cd-rom option on bios.In my scsi case,enabled to boot from scsi,disabled symbios in cmos,unfortunately it does not boot.Went the floppy route,Got the message about the dos part of installation.It does not see my hdd.any thoughts will be welcome,Thanx-Aziz

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by cavedweller

You need to enable your scsi card's bios extentions. Usually you do this by hitting a control key during boot-up and changing a menu entry. Then, using the scsi setup "boot order" menu, select cd, then hard drive.

Set your system bios to boot from scsi, then hard drive (IDE).

If you do this, the actual boot order will be scsi cdrom, scsi disk, ide disk.

by cavedweller

Despite what Mr. Research (twice below) experienced, it is possible to mix scsi and IDE hardware. However, your SCSI controller must be bootable, you must turn on the SCSI BIOS boot option and BIOS extentions, and your motherboard BIOS has to cooperate and check the SCSI card. I have used Dell/Adaptec combinations several times with excellent results.

by pikikoko

I have an NT machine with a Scsi Card and multi hard drives. I tried several configurations to get it to work. I found that you can not mix scsi and ide drive because the ide drives alway want to boot first no matter. I recmoved my ide drives and all worked very well.
Good Luck
MIke

by pikikoko

I have an NT machine with a Scsi Card and multi hard drives. I tried several configurations to get it to work. I found that you can not mix scsi and ide drive because the ide drives alway want to boot first no matter. I recmoved my ide drives and all worked very well.
Good Luck
MIke

by azizhakim

I have removed all ide drives.Currently it has 2 scsi drives,a tape backup unit @ aplextor cd-rom.I have a asus cuv4x motherboard.During initial boot with 3 setup floppies it loads my adapter but it wont find cd-rom.The cd-rom is the last drive on my chain.did this help in clarifying my problem.I have to install an ide cd-rom & ask it boot to that & finish my insatallation.Thanx -Aziz

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