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Using SCSI Devices, Hard Disk Drives, Installing Multiple SCSI Cards - scsi drivers

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Using SCSI Devices or removed from SCSI devices that will be connected between the ends of the SCSI cable. See Terminating the SCSI Bus on page 29 for more information. I You may need to install the manufacturer's proprietary device drivers if you use SCSI devices other than hard disk and CD-ROM drives. (Refer to your device's documentation.) Using SCSI Devices Hard Disk Drives I You cannot boot your computer from a drive connected to the SCSI Card 2906. To boot your system, a bootable hard disk drive must already be installed on a different SCSI card or IDE card. I Every SCSI hard disk drive connected to you SCSI card must be physically low-level formatted, partitioned, and logically formatted before it can be used to store data. Refer to your computer and OS documentation for instructions. ! Caution: A low-level format destroys all data on the drive. Be sure to back up your data before performing a low-level format. Installing Multiple SCSI Cards I You can install multiple SCSI cards in your computer. You are limited only by the available system resources (for example, IRQ settings, I/O port addresses, and so on). I Each SCSI card you install forms a separate SCSI bus with a different set of SCSI devices. Each SCSI ID can be used once on each SCSI card. (For example, each SCSI card can have a device with SCSI ID 2 but SCSI ID 2 appears only once on each card.) 31

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Using SCSI Devices
or removed from SCSI devices that will be connected between
the ends of the SCSI cable. See
Terminating the SCSI Bus
on
page 29 for more information.
■
You may need to install the manufacturer’s proprietary device
drivers if you use SCSI devices other than hard disk and
CD-ROM drives. (Refer to your device’s documentation.)
Using SCSI Devices
Hard Disk Drives
■
You cannot boot your computer from a drive connected to the
SCSI Card 2906. To boot your system, a bootable hard disk
drive must already be installed on a different SCSI card or IDE
card.
■
Every SCSI hard disk drive connected to you SCSI card must be
physically low-level formatted, partitioned, and logically
formatted before it can be used to store data. Refer to your
computer and OS documentation for instructions.
Caution:
A low-level format destroys all data on the drive. Be
sure to back up your data before performing a low-level
format.
Installing Multiple SCSI Cards
■
You can install multiple SCSI cards in your computer. You are
limited only by the available system resources (for example,
IRQ settings, I/O port addresses, and so on).
■
Each SCSI card you install forms a separate SCSI bus with a
different set of SCSI devices. Each SCSI ID can be used once on
each SCSI card. (For example, each SCSI card can have a device
with SCSI ID 2 but SCSI ID 2 appears only once on each card.)
!