Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!uupsi!dorsai!skipm From: skipm@dorsai (Dorsai SysOp) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: SCSI questions Keywords: SCSI,IN-2000,disk Message-ID: Date: Mon, 03 Jun 91 04:16:49 PDT References: <1991May22.192151.3245@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> Organization: The Dorsai Diplomaitc Mission (+1.212.431.1944) ewahl@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Ed A Wahl) writes: > I recently purchased an IN-2000 SCSI host adapter from HDI. I like a lot, > but I hace been seeing weird errors at boot time and from different disk- > optimiser programs. Occassionally when I boot I get a 40x25 message > NO ROM BASIC SYSTEM HALTED When you get a processor halt like that, it means the machine could not find a boot strap / device. The system attemped to boot from a floppy, then from a hard drive, then from a floppy again, and finally to a ROM that didn't exist. The ROM boot is a hangover from the original IBM-PC design, where if a boot disk was not in a floppy, or there was no HDD, 2 of the 4 (2 BIOS / 2 BASIC) ROM chips had BASIC on them. Your system most likely does NOT have BASIC chips installed. Check your SCSI controller configuration to make sure that you're booting solidly every time. As far as the NON-DOS drives, are your drive partitions created by DOS's FDISK or by other software such as DM from Seagate? Seagate partitions other than the boot partition (if the BOOT partition is under your version of DOS 's logical limit) will show up as Non-DOS partitions. Skip ************************************************************************** ** SkipM@DORSAI.com - The Dorsai Embassy / Dorsai Diplomatic Mission ** ** (Systems Manager) - Consulate : (212) 431-1944 ** ************************************************************************** ** "The difference between a good man, and a bad man, is the choice of ** ** cause." - Unknown ** **************************************************************************