ECS K7S5A SCSI CDROM+linux/win2k boot problem

Kraeji

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I am having trouble booting to my windows 2000 cd and my linux (slackware) cd. It just says missing operating system but it boots fine to my win98se cd. I have a adaptect 2490u2w scsi card and two different scsi cdroms. The windows2000 and linux cd boot fine in other computers. Is anyone else having the same problems? I updated my motherboard bios and my scsi host adapter bios to the latest ones. Anyone have any ideas what could be the problem. If I can't get this fixed im going to have to return this board and probably stick with asus.. tried and true.
 

Peter

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Oct 15, 1999
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For "native CD boot" type CDROM media you need to have the boot order in the main BIOS at SCSI-first, not CDROM-first as one might expect. Give it a try.

CDROM boot off a drive on an add-on SCSI or IDE adapter is something that's really quirky to implement in BIOS, so I really am less than surprised that there are difficulties - you certainly aren't the first. Reporting this to Adaptec and ECS doesn't hurt either.

regards, Peter
 

watchmen77

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sorry not related to your problem but
i want to order this motherboard
i just wonder what kinda case fan i should get
with this board, is it 3pin or 4pin?
thanks.
 

Kraeji

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I cant remember the case fan pins.. im not at home right now.

does anyone else have any ideas? anyone else having the same problem?
 

Kraeji

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Actually.. has anyone else used this mobo and installed a different os than win98 through a scsi cdrom?