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+ <h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="drakxid-setupSCSI"></a>6.&nbsp;Disk Detection and Configuration
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+ <p><a name="BId-drakxid-setupSCSI-pa1"></a><span class="application">DrakX</span> will first
+ detect any <a class="indexterm" name="BId-drakxid-setupSCSI-it1"></a> <acronym class="acronym">IDE</acronym> devices present in your computer. It will
+ also scan for one or more <a class="indexterm" name="BId-drakxid-setupSCSI-it2"></a><a class="indexterm" name="BId-drakxid-setupSCSI-it3"></a>
+ <a class="indexterm" name="BId-drakxid-setupSCSI-it4"></a><acronym class="acronym">PCI</acronym>
+ <acronym class="acronym">SCSI</acronym> cards on your system. If a <acronym class="acronym">SCSI</acronym> card is found, <span class="application">DrakX</span>
+ will automatically install the appropriate driver.
+ </p>
+
+
+ <p><a name="BId-drakxid-setupSCSI-pa2"></a>Because hardware
+ detection is not foolproof, <span class="application">DrakX</span> may fail in detecting
+ your hard drives. If so, you'll have to specify your hardware by
+ hand.
+ </p>
+
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+ <p><a name="BId-drakxid-setupSCSI-pa3"></a>If you had to manually
+ specify your <acronym class="acronym">PCI</acronym> <acronym class="acronym">SCSI</acronym> adapter, <span class="application">DrakX</span> will ask if you
+ want to configure options for it. You should allow <span class="application">DrakX</span>
+ to probe the hardware for the card-specific options which are
+ needed to initialize the adapter. Most of the time, <span class="application">DrakX</span>
+ will get through this step without any issues.
+ </p>
+
+
+ <p><a name="BId-drakxid-setupSCSI-pa4"></a>If <span class="application">DrakX</span>
+ is not able to probe for the options to automatically determine
+ which parameters need to be passed to the hardware, you'll need
+ to manually configure the driver.
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