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wazzu88

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January 2nd, 2005 01:00

SCSI Hard Drive Install

Hello All,
 
I have recently installed an LSI 21320 SCSI card and an MAP3147NP Fujitsu SCSI drive.  Fortunately, I was able to format the drive and recognize it however I am not able to make it my boot drive so that I can reinstall XP, etc. and get rid of my IDE drive.   Any thoughts??
 
I have a Dimension 4300.
 
Thanks in advance. 

BigBrother

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January 2nd, 2005 12:00

wazzu88,

You can enter system setup with the key.  Use the arrow keys to get to the Boot Sequence and press .  This is where you would change the boot sequence to something like "Bootable Add-in Card".  I do not know if the 4300 has this option in the BIOS. 

Steve

wazzu88

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January 2nd, 2005 15:00

Hello Steve,

Thanks for the reply.  I have been sitting here for 1+ hrs fighting this invalid html message so I have been unable to reply.  Anyway, I am not able to select the SCSI as a recognizable boot disk.  Do you think I have to partitian the new SCSI differently?

Wazzu88

 

 

BigBrother

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January 2nd, 2005 15:00

wazzu88,
 
Since the SCSI controller has it's own BIOS which should act as an extension of the system BIOS, you may be able to control the boot order through the SCSI card BIOS.  In order to make the SCSI drive your boot drive, you will need to include the SCSI drivers as part of the installation of Windows.  You will need to have the SCSI drivers available on a floppy disk.  You should back up any important data on your IDE drives before starting. 
 
When you begin the installation of Windows XP, you will need to watch the screen and press the key when prompted so that Windows can load the SCSI drivers from your floppy disk.  The Windows installation will then be able to access the SCSI drive and complete the Windows installation.  It may also be beneficial to have the IDE drives disabled in BIOS during this process so that the system will not attempt to boot directly to one of the IDE drives.  After the drive is formatted, and the system is ready to restart, you should re-enable your IDE drives so that the system assigns drive letters correctly.
 
There is some useful support information about this card on Gateway's website.  Gateway has used this same card in their servers for both Windows 2000 and 2003 Operating systems.  Check this link:
 
 
The Windows 2003 Server installation should be identical to Windows XP installation at this point.  LSI support information can be found at this link:
 
 
Steve

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