On 2012-12-17 20:12 (GMT-0800) Michael C. Robinson composed: > I have a 4G scsi hard drive connect to an LSI Logic low profile scsi > card. I'm trying to install freedos 1.1 from > a floppy disk. Are there scsi drivers I can add to the disk?
Most such PCI cards likely you won't need one if you just want to boot from a HD attached to it. Most have a BIOS that automatically merges into the motherboard BIOS on boot. Some really old NCR cards don't have a BIOS, but will boot from an NCR BIOS embedded in the motherboard BIOS. Those probably stopped being made a decade or more ago. For support other than HDs, you'll need drivers. For older LSI cards the driver archives are variously named NCR8XX or SYM8XX. Most common is probably the SYM8XX for which you'd need the ASPI8XX.SYS driver to start with. There's also a SYMCD.SYS for CD access, and a SYMDISK.SYS for non-INT13 devices. There should be instructions in the driver archive when you find the right one for your chip. You need to figure out which chip the card uses to figure out which driver you need. Whether the ones for older cards can still be had directly from LSI I have no idea, but they should. If not, they're probably not too hard to find. Such drivers are included in Windows installation media and built into Linux. I've not used one with DOS in quite some time. ISTR they're really slow compared to modern SATA and the latter incarnations of PATA HDs. In DOS using INT13 for I/O you might not be able to tell any speed difference though unless using benchmarking software or large data files. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LogMeIn Rescue: Anywhere, Anytime Remote support for IT. Free Trial Remotely access PCs and mobile devices and provide instant support Improve your efficiency, and focus on delivering more value-add services Discover what IT Professionals Know. Rescue delivers http://p.sf.net/sfu/logmein_12329d2d _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
