First post, by rgart
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Hello,
Working on a new PC.
Mainly for games released in 1995 - 1999
Games like Quest for Glory 5 and Return to Krondor
Playing MP3's and General File manipulation.
Also something to connect my 486 to via laplink or network
This is my first implementation of SCSI because it was always unaffordable back in the day.
Im having a few issues getting the system to boot in SCSI. Is it a MBR issue?
Hardware as follows:
Intel Pentium 200 MMX
Intel P5T30-B4 Motherboard
128 MB FPM 60 ns
Creative AWE 32 CT36070
ADAPTEC SCSI Host Card AHA-2940U2W
Seagate Barracuda SCSI 2.1GB ST32550W
Matrox Millenium G200 IS-STORM 2MB (its a G200 right? All I can find written on the card is Matrox Power Graphics IS-STORM)
3 Com Fast Ethernet XL PCI
Software:
Windows 95C
Basically If I use IDE the system will work flawlessly
So I select SCSI In the motherboards BIOS as the boot option. The SCSI host card identifies hard disk no problems (the hard disk spins too) I enter the SCSI bios and everything is fine. Hard Disk SCSI ID = 0 and its set to boot from device ID 0 - Just as it should say Loading Windows 95 I get "PRESS ANY KEY TO REBOOT"
I wasn't sure if I needed special tools to format the SCSI drive so initially I booted with an IDE drive as well as the SCSI. I formatted the SCSI drive, used the "sys" command to transfer system files and then I copied the windows 95 files over to the hard disk so I can install them from the actual disk - This is the procedure I would use if it was an IDE drive - Should I handle a SCSI drive differently?
My other questions is SCSI is completely foreign to me. The Seagate Barracuda hard disk appears to be 68 pin and Im using SCSI 68 pin Ribbon Cable - I have a SCSI Plextor CDROM that appears to have a 50 pin connection but the connection itself is larger than the 68 pin.
What cable do I need? Is there some kind of adapter? I will be CDROMless untill I get a cable.
I need one of these right? http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/IDC50F-TO-HPD68F-S … =item1e7afdd766
Ill upload some pics.