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SCSI Setup
Support Removable Disks under BIOS as Fixed Disks
This option allows you to use removable-media drives, such as MO drives, without
installing additional drivers.
Only the removable-media drive designated as the boot device is
Boot Only
treated as a hard disk (default setting).
All removable-media drives supported by the BIOS are treated as
All Disks
hard disk drives.
No removable-media drives are treated as hard disk drives. In this
Disabled
situation, software drivers are needed because the drives are not
controlled by the BIOS.
If a removable-media device is controlled by the SCSI controller BIOS, do
!
not remove the media while the system is switched on.
Extended BIOS Translation for DOS Drives > 1Gbyte
Enabling this option allows drives of up to 8 Gbyte capacity (2 Gbyte/partition) to
be supported under MS-DOS 5.0 or higher. The SCSI BIOS must be enabled.
In earlier days, it was only possible to use drives with a capacity of up to 1 Gbyte
under MS-DOS 5.0.
Drives up to 8 Gbytes can be used under MS-DOS 5.0 (default
Enabled
entry).
Drives up to 1 Gbyte can be used under MS-DOS 5.0.
Disabled
Back up the data on your large capacity drive before enabling the option.
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After enabling this option, the drive must be re-partitioned and high-level
formatted with the DOS FDISK and FORMAT programs.
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