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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!news.cloud9.net!cloud9.net!tls From: tls@cloud9.net (Thor Lancelot Simon) Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: SCSI diskIO Date: 27 Aug 1995 10:03:59 GMT Organization: Cloud 9 Internet, White Plains, New York, USA Lines: 27 Message-ID: <41pfuf$avc@news.cloud9.net> References: <417ee7$1kp@trauma.rn.com> <DDx9rv.35x@ritz.mordor.com> <41o5o0$9a1@news.cloud9.net> <EJE.95Aug26215711@world.std.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: cloud9.net Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.periphs.scsi:35930 comp.os.linux.hardware:13759 comp.os.linux.setup:17573 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:4835 In article <EJE.95Aug26215711@world.std.com>, Eric J Ewanco <eje@world.std.com> wrote: >In article <41o5o0$9a1@news.cloud9.net> tls@cloud9.net (Thor Lancelot Simon) writes: > >> If your motherboard has the NCR BIOS onboard, the Asus SC-200 is a good, >> cheap 53c810-based card. > >Doesn't the SCSI-HOWTO say that you can't boot with this adapter? If it does, it's wrong. You can't boot with the SC-200 (or any other NCR810-based adapter) unless your motherboard has the NCR BIOS. Most Pentium motherboards now being manufactured (and all ASUS motherboards, to my knowledge, ever) _do_ have the NCR BIOS onboard. The 53c815 (hardly any) and 53c825 based adapters have the BIOS already onboard. But yes, you *can* boot from an 810-based adapter like the SC-200, so long as your motherboard has the NCR BIOS. -- Thor Lancelot Simon tls@cloud9.net Don't let your mouth write no check that your tail can't cash. --Bo Diddley