At 13:01 -0500 11/06/2002, Paul F. Henegan wrote: >Verify that the controller allows booting; IIRC one of the Adaptec SCSI >cards was known to be unable to support booting from a device connected to >it, but I don't recall which model that was.
The Adaptec 2906 is not bootable as it has no on-board firmware (drivers). It's drivers are loaded from the OS (extensions). All other Adaptec cards should be bootable if they are working properly, and assuming your machine doesn't ahve the mysterious disease that causes PowerSurge machines to ignore the Start-Up Disk selection. Jeff Walther -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:supermacs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:supermacs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:supermacs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
