Toshiba 32x scsi bootable?

levi_v · 04-14-2007, 07:02 PM

I have a Toshiba 32x SCSI cdrom drive and I am not sure if it supports bootable cd's. It is XM6201TASUN32XCD. The motherboard that it is on is old, however I have booted off an older sony scsi drive. In the CMOS it doesn't give me the option to boot scsi, however I have only scsi devices on the computer so it defaults to the controller. The controller does support booting cd's and it is enabled. Anyone have any ideas? I find it hard to believe that an older scsi cdrom would be able to boot but my newer 32x one doesn't.

**TheMatt** · 04-15-2007, 07:39 PM

Does the BIOS recognize the CD drive? If so, set the CD drive to first in the boot order.

levi_v · 04-15-2007, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMatt

Does the BIOS recognize the CD drive? If so, set the CD drive to first in the boot order.

The bios on the scsi controller does recognize the drive and I can use it no problem on my BSD OS. I have checked the motherboard cmos and as I stated before there is no boot scsi option, there is a boot CD option but it doesn't work for some reason with the newer drive.

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levi_v Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 7 OS: Which computer??	Toshiba 32x scsi bootable? I have a Toshiba 32x SCSI cdrom drive and I am not sure if it supports bootable cd's. It is XM6201TASUN32XCD. The motherboard that it is on is old, however I have booted off an older sony scsi drive. In the CMOS it doesn't give me the option to boot scsi, however I have only scsi devices on the computer so it defaults to the controller. The controller does support booting cd's and it is enabled. Anyone have any ideas? I find it hard to believe that an older scsi cdrom would be able to boot but my newer 32x one doesn't.

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