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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!purdue!mozo.cc.purdue.edu!expert.cc.purdue.edu!syserror From: syserror@expert.cc.purdue.edu (Aaron Bilger) 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 17:20:44 GMT Organization: Purdue University Computing Center Lines: 27 Message-ID: <41q9hc$oic@mozo.cc.purdue.edu> References: <417ee7$1kp@trauma.rn.com> <EJE.95Aug26215711@world.std.com> <41pfuf$avc@news.cloud9.net> <41q8tl$o2e@trauma.rn.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: expert.cc.purdue.edu Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.periphs.scsi:36492 comp.os.linux.hardware:14562 comp.os.linux.setup:18641 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:5306 In article <41q8tl$o2e@trauma.rn.com>, Larry Snyder <larry@trauma.rn.com> wrote: >In article <41pfuf$avc@news.cloud9.net>, >Thor Lancelot Simon <tls@cloud9.net> wrote: >>In article <EJE.95Aug26215711@world.std.com>, >>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. > >How can I tell if my MB has an NCR BIOS? Check the motherboard manual and BIOS options for mention of items such as 'on-board SCSI enable' and 'on-board SCSI interrupt'. If it has such things, it almost certainly means SDMS BIOS support for the NCR53c810 based cards. >And if it doesn't - can I simply add it? If so, where can I get it? Unfortunately not. Farewell- Aaron