SCSI boot on 6163 Pro ?

Hello guys
I am not very strong in hardware, but I know SCSI disks are speeder than IDE and SATA ones (but more expensive too ...), so I have a little question :
In the BIOS of my old MSI 6163 Pro (2.0), for the BOOT SEQUENCE option, there is the choice SCSI? Does-it mean I can replace my old IDE 20Go and have a SCSI, with the system on it, and bootable ?
Thanks in advance.
$martiz

The only thing I can think of is that the adapter card was needed and the option is in BIOS then it should boot from that drive. I have not looked yet but what does the manual say?
Edit: I just browsed the manual and you just need to set it to the boot sequence you want to use. There are quite a few options so use the one best suited to your needs and it should be OK from there.
One of these I imagine would be the best options since they are the only ones that give you SCSI as 1st boot device: SCSI,A,C or SCSI,C,A

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