> But as you don't have any devices on the controller so how could it
> detect any ??
That may indeed be the problem. I was just a bit puzzled that the
error message implied that it was looking for a boot device before
probing the chain to see what was attached. I would have expected
it to say something like "Nothing attached, bypassing all probes"
until such time as I get the cable.
> If you attach the tape drive it should detect this straight away
> and it won't try and boot off the tape drive SCSI ID 6 usually.
I'm hoping that's what will happen.
> If the controller cannot find a bootable device or in fact any
> device the adaptec card is going to say scsi bios not loaded, can
> you connect the tape drive and let us know how you get on ??
Yep.
///Peter
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