Adaptec AHA-1740A, 1742A, 1744 user manual Conventions, Bold

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Conventions

The following typographic conventions are used throughout this Installation Guide.

bold

Used for keystrokes (.. press the Enter key ..) and screen selec- tion fields (.. select Backup Device and ..).

Helvetica

Used for operator entry that must be typed exactly as shown

( .. device=c:\cdrom\cdrom.tsd ..) and for screen messages (.. En- ter Password ..).

Helvetica Italics

Used as a place holder for text you must determine and type in (.. enter nn for number ..). Also used for program and file names in body text (.. the autoexec.bat file ..).

Italics

Used for emphasis (.. is only supported ..) and document refer- ence (.. refer to Chapter 2, Installation ..).

ALL CAPITALS

Used for acronyms, such as SCSI.

Hexadecimal Numbers

Are followed by an ’h’, e.g., 330h.

End Mark

The symbol marks the end of text for each chapter.

x

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Contents User’s Manual Page User’s Manual Copyright Iii Page Table of Contents Adaptec Glossary Index List of Figures List of TablesPreface Conventions BoldPage South milpitas blvd. ∙ milpitas, ca 95035 ∙408945-8600 Overview General Product InformationAdaptec EISA-to-Fast Scsi Host Adapter Overview Installation Software AHA 1740A/1742A/1744 Program FilesBios Operation Modes AHA 1740A/1742A/1744 Operation ModesSystem Caching Description Product Specifications AHA-1740A/1742A/1744 Product Specifications∙ Installation Guide Associated Documentation∙ Technical Reference Manual Hardware Installation Unpacking and InspectionPreparation Scsi Terminators Scsi Device TerminationScsi Parity Scsi IDPhysical Installation in the System Adaptec Standard Mode Enhanced ModeMultiple Host Adapter Support Standard and Enhanced Modes Adaptec Download Utility Running the ADL ProgramHost Adapter Listing ADL Main Menu Download Firmware Download Firmware ScreenDownload Warning Message Screen Enhanced Mode Firmware Information Firmware InformationLow-Level Format Low-Level Format Device Selection ScreenLow-Level Format Options screen displays Low-Level Format Option Selection ScreenExiting the ADL Program Exiting the ADL ProgramPage Host Adapter Bios Operation Standard Mode OperationAdaptec Enhanced Mode Operation Enhanced Bios Boot MessageBoot Message With Error Detection Enabled Troubleshooting Determining Problems Using the LEDProblems Detected During Installation AHA 1740A/1742A/1744 LED Flash CodesEISA-to-Fast Scsi Host Adapter Troubleshooting Problems Booting the System from a Scsi Drive Problems Using a Scsi and a Standard Disk DriveProblems Using Two Scsi Drives Adaptec Extended Translation Using DOS Disk Drives Over 1 GigabyteDOS 1 Gigabyte Limit When to Use Extended Translation With DOS Version 5 Only Using Extended TranslationDrives With Mixed Partitions Using Fdisk Questions and Answers About Extended TranslationLoad ASW-1410 v3.0a Adaptec Loading the I/O Operating Environment Software DOS/WindowsNovell NetWare OS/2Unix Glossary Bus Device Reset Command Control BlockCommand Descriptor Block Asynchronous Event NotificationCommon Command Set ConfigurationDirect Memory Access Control MicroprocessorEnhanced Mode FirmwareHost Host Adapter IBM PC-AT CompatibleIndustry Standard Architecture InitiatorMailbox Mailbox OutManager Multi-tasking OperationScatter/Gather Scsi DeviceSingle-Ended Single-Threaded OperationStandard Mode Synchronous Data TransferSynchronous Data Transfer Negotiation Tagged QueuingIndex AHA-1740A/1742A/1744 Index-2 Index-3 AHA-1740A/1742A/1744 Index-4