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Information on the LSI Symbios 53C1010 SCSI BIOS
The SCSI BIOS is the bootable ROM code that manages SCSI hardware resources. It is also specific to
the family of Symbios SCSI controllers or processors. By integrating with the standard system BIOS, the
Symbios SCSI BIOS extends the standard disk service routine through INT13h.
During boot time initialization, the SCSI BIOS will determine if there are other hard disks, such as an IDE
drive, that are already installed by the system BIOS. If there are, the SCSI BIOS will map any detected
SCSI drives
behind
the drive(s) already installed. Otherwise, the SCSI BIOS will install drives starting
with the system boot drive. In this case, the system boots from a drive controlled by the SCSI BIOS. For
4.05 versions and higher, LSI Logic supports the BIOS Boot Specification (BBS).
Boot Initialization with BIOS Boot Specification (BBS)
The Symbios SCSI BIOS provides support for the BIOS Boot Specification (BBS), which allows you to
choose which device to boot from by selecting the priority.
In the system BIOS setup, the Boot Connection Devices menu appears with a list of available boot
options. Use that menu to select the device and rearrange the order. Then exit to continue the boot pro-
cess.
CD-ROM Boot Initialization
The SCSI BIOS supports boot initialization from a CD-ROM drive.
The five types of emulation are:
The type of emulation assigns the drive letter for the CD-ROM. For example, if a 1.44MB Floppy emula-
tion CD was loaded, then the CD-ROM drive would become the designated A: drive, and the existing
floppy (if any) would become drive B:.
Starting the SCSI BIOS Configuration Utility
This motherboard comes with the SCSI BIOS version 4.xx, and it includes the Symbios SCSI BIOS Con-
figuration Utility so that you can change the default configuration of your SCSI host adapters. You may
need to change the default configuration due to conflicts between device settings or if you are looking to
optimize system performance.
If you have the LSI SCSI BIOS enabled (see
p. 33
), the following message will appear on your screen
after the system BIOS boots:
This message remains on your screen for about 5 seconds, giving you a short amount of time to start the
utility. When you press [
CTRL-C
] to start the utility, the system will pause while it loads the utility, then the
main menu for the utility will appear.
No emulation disk
Floppy 1.2MB emulation disk
Floppy 1.44MB emulation disk
Floppy 2.88MB emulation disk
Hard Disk Emulation
Press CTRL-C to start Symbios Configuration Utility...