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If the devices on the SCSI bus are controlled by device drivers (and therefore do not need a
BIOS), you can disable the SCSI BIOS to free memory and shorten the boot time.
Options
Enabled (*) / Disabled
4.2.6.7 Support Removable Disks Under BIOS as Fixed Disks
This field specifies which removable-media drives are supported by the SCSI BIOS. If a
removable-media SCSI device is handled by the BIOS, do not remove the media while the
drive is on or you might lose data.
Options
Boot Only (*) / All Disks / Disabled
4.2.6.8 BIOS Support for Bootable CD-ROM
When enabled, the SCSI controller supports booting from a CD-ROM drive.
Options
Enabled (*) / Disabled
4.2.6.9 BIOS Support for Int 13 Extensions
This field enables or disables support for disks with more than 1024 cylinders. In order to
boot from “El Torito” non-emulation CD-ROM, this field must be set to Enabled.
Options
Enabled (*) / Disabled
4.3 SCSI Disk Utilities
When this option is selected, SCSISelect scans the SCSI bus to determine the devices installed and
displays a list of all SCSI Ids and the devices assigned to each ID. Once you select a specific ID, a
small menu appears, displaying two options: Format Disk and Verify Disk Media.
4.3.1 Format Disk
A disk drive must have a low-level format before you can use the operating system’s partitioning
and high-level formatting utilities, such as MS-DOS fdisk and format. Most SCSI drives are
preformatted and do not need to be formatted again. If a drive is not preformatted, you can use
SCSISelect’s Format Disk option to perform a low-level format on the drive.
A low-level format destroys all data on the drive and you can not abort a low-level format once it
starts.
4.3.2 Verify Disk Media
The Verify Disk Media option scans the selected device’s media for defects. If the utility finds bad
blocks, it prompts you to reassign them so they are no longer used.
Press <Esc> at any time to abort the utility.
