SCSI hdd & IDE hdd working together??

[Dark_Warthog]

Probably a stupid question but i'll ask it anyway. Is it possible to have both a scsi hdd for your OS and an extra ide hdd for storage.

I've got a asus p3b-f mobo which supports bootup sequencing.

So the question is if i want my pc to boot from my scsi disk will i still be able to use my ide disk in win9x.

[howste]

I don't see any reason why it wouldn't work. By the way, are you Warthog's evil twin?

Steve

[Dark_Warthog]

Thanks for the reply!

well actually i'm not but i have been using the nick 'warthog' in the netherlands for a long time but when i wanted to use it on this forum it was already in use so i picked another one of my favourites.

But to get back to my question, i can use an scsi and an ide hdd together in the same way i can use two scsi's or two ide's together?

[qball]

This is dependent upon the SCSI controller and if the IDE HD is bootable.

If the IDE drive is not bootable, you should be OK. If the IDE drive is bootable, then the SCSI controller needs to be bootable and also be able to overide the BIOS trying to boot the IDE.

[Dark_Warthog]

Do you mean with bootable that an os is installed on it the ide? Because i want to use my scsi disk for my os, and use the ide disk just for storage.

[Ironforge]

Check in your BIOS. Under the BOOT sequence section, look for an entry that lets you toggle from SCSI/IDE as your primary boot. I also have an Asus motherboard and it has that ability, so I assume yours would also.

I have two IDE hard drives as well as a SCSI drive. I have it set in BIOS to boot to SCSI first, and even with bootable IDE drives in there it boots to SCSI without a hitch.

[NDC]

I use 1 18.4 SCSI Seagate Cheetah 10,000rpm HDD and 3 WD IDE drives, and I've had no problems at all. I use the SCSI drive for the operating system and applications for speed, and IDE drives for saved data. Like mentioned above, just make sure that you have a field in your BIOS to boot from SCSI in the Boot Sequence field. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

[Dark_Warthog]

Allright you guys thanks for all the reply's

I checked my bios and there it was, hallelujah praise the lord (or something like that).

Think i'll be buying a nice 30 gig hdd sometime soon.

[qball]

Well others answered for me, though I am curious as to what SCSI controllers people are using. I have the problem I described with mine (IWILL), regardless of the BIOS boot sequence. I'm going with adaptec next time...

[NDC]

I've been using Adaptec SCSI Adapters for quite some time now, and they really seem to have their product qualities straight. I'm currently using an Adaptec 29160N SCSI Adapter and it works flawlessly! http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

[Ironforge]

Adaptec 2940U2W.. works great.. haven't had a single problem yet..