need help, combining system bios with rocket 133s controller

[kingmike]

Just got a rocket 133s ata 133 controller and need to combine its bios with the systems so I can boot from it.
What I need to know is, what is the combine program that actually combines both bios files.:confused ;

 

[ianbergman]

Umm... you shouldn't have to combine BIOSs or anything like that (which is not really possible anyway). What you need to do is get your new controller card plugged in, then in the system BIOS change the boot drive to the controller card. Every motherboard does it different, but you should see choices to boot off any of the 4 channels on the controller card.

Make sense?

 

[kingmike]

Rocket133S









HighPoint Technologies Rocket133S Host Adapter

The Rocket133S Host Adapter is a single channel IDE controller card designed for use with ATA133 hard disk drives. This Host Adapter is an ideal upgrade for those looking to add basic ATA133 support to their PC's. The Rocket133SB is a better choice for those looking to add bootable ATA133 support to their systems.



Single ATA channel operation for high-performance data storage and retrieval

The Rocket133S supports high speed transfer rates up to 133MB/s. It's ATA single channel support up to 2 hard disk drives.

Supports high-capacity hard disks

The Rocket 133S Host Adapter breaks the current interface standard's hard disk drive capacity limitations, and supports hard drives larger than 137GB.

Multiple OS support

The Rocket133S Host Adapter is compatible with most major operating systems, including DOS 5.x, Windows 3.1x, Windows 95/98, Windows ME (Millennium Edition), Windows NT 3,51/4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Linux (SuSE, Red Hat, Caldera, Turbo).


Rocket133S Specifications



Host side interface
32bit 33/66 MHz PCI

Device side interface
Ultra DMA/ATA133

RAID controller IC
HighPoint HPT371 UDMA ATA133 Controller

PCB
4-layer, Low profile

Number of IDE channels
1 Channel

Supported Hard drives
ATA133 hard drives, backward compatible (ATA100, 66, 33)

Supported OSs
Windows 98/ME, Windows NT4.0, Win2000, Windows XP,Linux (Turbo, Caldera, RedHat, SuSE)

Maximum Data Throughput

133MB/s per channel

BIOS Function
Drive Configuration and Management

Plug and Play
Yes

Misc. Functions
Bootable disk support (if Combine-BIOS is implemented)

Large LBA support capacity exceeding 137GB

 

[kingmike]

misc. functions

 

[ianbergman]

It sounds like you can't boot off something plugged into this card... the "S" vs "SB." If it's not telling the system BIOS that it's got bootable hard drives attached, you may be SOL... I've never personally run into a card that didn't allow booting off of it, though. Doh