LCS-6954 README.TXT File Revision 2.60 +=======================+ | Release Information | +=======================+ Device Driver Diskette...............................(Version 2.60) On this diskette you will find device drivers for the LCS-6954 VL-Bus IDE Disk Controller. LCS6954.EXE (Version 2.5) is the installation utility LCS6954.SYS (Version 2.6) is the driver for DOS LCS6954.386 (Version 2.60) is the driver for Microsoft Windows 3.1 and Windows for Workgroups 3.11 LCS6954.ADD (Version 2.31) is the driver for IBM OS/2 2.0 and 2.1 N6954310.DSK (Version 2.20) is the driver for Netware 386 3.10 N6954311.DSK (Version 2.20) is the driver for Netware 386 3.11 and 3.12 N6954401.DSK (Version 2.30) is the driver for Netware 386 4.01 N6954401.DDI is the installation information file for Netware 386 4.01 LCSNT.SYS (Version 2.20) is the driver for Microsoft Windows NT 3.1 NTINS.BAT is the installation batch file for Windows NT 3.1 NTUNINS.BAT is the removal batch file for Windows NT 3.1 PTIREG.EXE is the internal utility for Windows NT 3.1 PTIUREG.EXE is the internal utility for Windows NT 3.1 CITURBO.EXE is the set mode utility for Windows NT 3.1 LCSFDISK.EXE (Version 1.00) is the drives partition utility +===============================================+ | DOS Driver for LCS-6954 VL-Bus IDE Controller| +===============================================+ Your LCS-6954 disk controller needs the device drivers to take the advantage of the high performance 32-bit VL-Bus when running under assorted operating systems. You can use the installation program "LCS6954.EXE" to install the DOS driver and Windows driver automatically(Please refer to the LCS-6954 Installation Guide for details). If you want to install the drivers by yourself, please follow the procedures below: 1. Complete the installation steps from (1) to (8) which are described in the LCS-6954 Installation Guide and boot to the DOS prompt. 2. Copy the driver LCS6954.SYS to your system in the appropriate path. 3. Add the following statement to your CONFIG.SYS file: device=[drive:][\path\]LCS6954.SYS [/F] [/W] [/P] [/D0:n|/M0:m] [/D1:n|/M1:m] where [drive:] and [\path\] point to the directory that contains the LCS6954.SYS file. The parameters F, W and P define the operating mode, and D0, D1, M0, M1, n, and m define the speed settings of the attached hard drives. F : LCS-6954 controller works in the Fast mode(Default operation is in Turbo mode). W : LCS-6954 controller works in the 16-bit data access mode. Certain motherboard CPUs(for example, IBM 486 SLC2) have a 16-bit external data bus and cannot operate in the default 32-bit data access mode. P : LCS-6954 controller works in the Power-Saving-Detection mode. This parameter is used when the IDE drive is not fully compatible with the power saving functions. D0 : drive 0 PIO speed setting D1 : drive 1 PIO speed setting n : drive speed from 0 to 8, or A 0 to 8 : PIO speed level(speed 8 is the so-called MODE 3 timing A : IORDY indicator M0 : drive 0 DMA speed setting M1 : drive 1 DMA speed setting m : drive speed from 0 to 8 0 to 8 : DMA speed level In the Fast(F) mode, the LCS-6954 disk controller supports 32-bit VL-Bus I/O access. In the Turbo(T) mode, the LCS-6954 not only supports 32-bit VL-Bus I/O access but also read/write multiple commands. Since read/write multiple commands allow the host to access disk data in multiple-sector blocks, the Turbo mode will usually be faster. Note that not all IDE drives support the read/write multiple commands. Usually, you may set your LCS-6954 to run in the Turbo mode. When your system is brought up, the driver LCS6954.SYS will automatically issue an Identify Drive command to check if the attached IDE drive(s) support the read/write multiple commands. In case your drive(s) does not support the read/write multiple commands, the LCS-6954 disk controll will automatically be forced to run in the Fast mode. Please also note: While some IDE drives may respond to the Identify Drive command and confirm its capability to support the read/write multiple commands, they may not support the read/write multiple commands properly. In such cases, you will need to specify the operating mode as "F" explicitly to ensure reliable operation of such IDE drives. Example: The DOS driver LCS6954.SYS resides in the root directory of the drive C:. If you want your LCS-6954 controller to run in the TURBO mode; drive 0 at speed 3 and drive 1 at speed 5. Please add the following statement to the file CONFIG.SYS. device = c:\LCS6954.SYS /D0:3 /D1:5 If your LCS-6954 controller has to run in the Fast mode, the statement must be changed to: device = c:\LCS6954.SYS /f /D0:3 /D1:5 If the DOS driver is installed manually, you might have the following three types of prompt messages when you boot up the system. (a) HDD 0 setting: FAST Mode, Speed 5 by DEVICE DRIVER AUTOMATICALLY HDD 1 setting: Turbo Mode, DMA Speed 5 by DEVICE DRIVER AUTOMATICALLY Where the operating mode and the speed parameter may vary with the hard drive(s) attached. This message will be shown when the device driver is installed without any user specified parameter and the drive(s) attached can be found in the internal speed table of the DOS driver. (b) HDD 0 setting: FAST Mode, Speed 2 by HARDWARE JUMPER SETTING HDD 1 setting: Turbo Mode, Speed 2 by HARDWARE JUMPER SETTING +--------------------------------------------------+ | Notice | | To optimize the performance of your HDD(s), | | please execute the Installation Utility | | to reconfigure your device driver | +--------------------------------------------------+ Where the operating mode and speed parameter may vary with the hard drive(s) attached. This message will be shown when the HDD(s) can't be found in the internal speed table. It might appear when the drive(s) are brand new models for the device driver, or the device driver is copied from other PC's hard drive. The Installation Utility stands for the LCS6954.EXE. (c) HDD 0 setting: FAST Mode, Speed 5 by USER DEFINED SETTING HDD 1 setting: Turbo Mode, Speed 5 by USER DEFINED SETTING +------------------------------------------------------+ | Notice | | Please ensure the above setting is your preference. | | For better reliability and optimized performance | | please execute the Installation Utility | | to reconfigure your device driver | +------------------------------------------------------+ Where the operating mode and speed parameter may vary with the hard drive(s) attached. This message will be shown when user defined parameter is entered with the DOS device driver. The Installation Utility stands for the LCS6954.EXE. [Note] 1. LCS6954.SYS support secondary IDE connector. You can connect up to four IDE Hard disk Drives on your LCS-6954 controller. 2. If there is a ROM BIOS on the LCS-6954 controller, the LCS-6954.SYS supports LBA mode only on the VL/IDE (J1) connector and when it is set as the primary controller. 3. If you would like to connect 3 (or 4) IDE hard disks, make sure the DOS driver LCS6954.sys in installed. Than you can use the LCS6954FDISK.EXE enclosed in the "Drivers and Installation Utilities" diskette to partition you 3rd and 4th IDE drives drives before formatting them. 4. LCS6954.SYS provides a switch '/X2' to let you skip the waiting time (about 10 more seconds before really starting DOS driver). If no hard disk on the secondary IDE port of your LCS-6954 controller, it is recommended to put the '/X2' switch in the configuration line. Example: device = c:\LCS6954.SYS /X2 +===============================================================+ | LCS-6954 device driver for Microsoft Windows version 3.1 | | and Windows for Workgroups 3.11 | +===============================================================+ The file LCS6954.386 is the Microsoft Windows 3.1 disk driver for the LCS-6954 disk controller. While Microsoft Windows version 3.1 supports 32-bit disk access, the disk data transfer between host and the IDE adapter is still limited by the 16-bit ISA bus. If you want to speed up your hard drives under Windows through the 32-bit VL-Bus, you need this driver. In addition, the driver also allows your host to access the disk data through the faster "read/write multiple" commands. If you choose to install the Windows driver manually, you should complete the installation steps from (1) to (8) which are described in the LCS-6954 Installation Guide, then follow the steps below: 1. Copy the driver LCS6954.386 to your system in the appropriate path. It is recommended that the driver LCS6954.386 be copied to the Windows SYSTEM directory. 2. Check if the following lines exist in the [386Enh] section of your SYSTEM.ini file. [386Enh] 32BitDiskAccess=ON device=*int13 If the statements do not exist, add them into the [386Enh] section. If the statements exist, but 32BitDiskAccess is set to "OFF", change it to "ON". 3. Delete the "device=*wdctrl" device setting. Delete the command line "device=*wdctrl" from the [386Enh] section of your SYSTEM.INI file, if it exists. 4. Install the virtual device "LCS6954.386". Add the following command lines in the [386Enh] section of the SYSTEM.INI file: device=[drive:][\path\]LCS6954.386 DisksAccessMode=[Fast|Turbo] [/W] [/D0:n|/M0:m] [/D1:n|/M1:m] The [drive:] and [\path\] point to the directory that contains LCS6954.386 file. Note that the setting must specify the full path of the device driver LCS6954.386. The setting of disk_access_mode specifies the disk access mode as follows: Fast : LCS-6954 controller works in the Fast mode Turbo : LCS-6954 controller works in the Turbo mode(default mode) W : LCS-6954 controller works in the 16-bit data access mode. Certain motherboard CPUs(for example, IBM 486 SLC2) have a 16-bit external data bus and cannot operate in the default 32-bit data access mode. D0 : drive 0 PIO speed setting D1 : drive 1 PIO speed setting n : drive speed from 0 to 8, or A 0 to 8 : PIO speed level(speed 8 is the so-called MODE 3 timing A : IORDY indicator M0 : drive 0 DMA speed setting M1 : drive 1 DMA speed setting m : drive speed from 0 to 8 0 to 8 : DMA speed level Note : If no parameter is specified, the LCS-6954 disk controller will be set to run under the default Turbo and 32 bit data access mode. In the Fast(F) mode, the LCS-6954 disk controller supports 32-bit VL-Bus I/O access. In the Turbo(T) mode, the LCS-6954 not only supports 32-bit VL-Bus I/O access but also read/write multiple commands. Since read/write multiple commands allow the host to access disk data in multiple-sector blocks, the Turbo mode will usually be faster. Note that not all IDE drives support the read/write multiple commands. Usually, you may set your LCS-6954 to run in the Turbo mode. When your system is brought up, the driver LCS-6954.386 will automatically issue an Identify Drive command to check if the attached IDE drive(s) support the read/write multiple commands. In case your drive(s) does not support the read/write multiple commands, the LCS-6954 disk controll will automatically be forced to run in the Fast mode. Please also note: While some IDE drives may respond to the Identify Drive command and confirm its capability to support the read/write multiple commands, they may not support the read/write multiple commands properly. In such cases, you will need to specify the operating mode as "Fast" explicitly to ensure reliable operation of such IDE drives. [Note] 1. If there is a ROM BIOS on the VG-4 controller, the LCS-6954.386 supports LBA mode only on the VL/IDE (J1) connector and when it is set as the primary controller. +=============================================================+ | Netware 3.xx & 4.01 disk driver for LCS-6954 Controller | +=============================================================+ It's assumed that you are familiar with Netware installation. If this is not the case, please refer to related documents. Please follow the steps below to install the driver for Netware 3.10, and use N6954311.DSK(N6954401.DSK) instead of N6954310.DSK in the following procedure when you are installing Netware 3.11, 3.12 or 4.01. Note that you don't have to load the ISADISK.DSK when you are installing the Netware driver for LCS-6954 disk controller. 1. After you have installed the LCS-6954 disk controller, bring up the Netware server until the prompt ":" appears on the screen. 2. Type the following command after the ":" prompt: :load N6954310 [/F|/T] [/W] [/D0:n] [/D1:m] port=1f0 int=e The parameters F, T and W define the operating mode. The parameters D0, n, D1 and m define the speed setting for the attached IDE drives. F : LCS-6954 controller works in the Fast mode(Default operation is in Turbo mode). W : LCS-6954 controller works in the 16-bit data access mode. Certain motherboard CPUs(for example, IBM 486 SLC2) have a 16-bit external data bus and cannot operate in the default 32-bit data access mode. D0 : drive 0 speed setting n : drive 0 speed from 0 to 7 D1 : drive 1 speed setting m : drive 1 speed from 0 to 7 Usually, you do not need to enter any speed parameters during the installation process. Since when you execute the LCS6954.EXE to install the DOS driver, the device drivers for Netware are also reconfigured for the optimal speed setting. Note: If no operating mode parameter is specified, the LCS-6954 controller will be set to run in the default Turbo and 32 bit data access mode. In the Fast(F) mode, the LCS-6954 disk controller supports 32-bit VL-Bus I/O access. In the Turbo(T) mode, the LCS-6954 not only supports 32-bit VL-Bus I/O access but also read/write multiple commands. Since read/write multiple commands allow the host to access disk data in multiple-sector blocks, the Turbo mode will usually be faster. Note that not all IDE drives support the read/write multiple commands. Usually, you may set your LCS-6954 to run in the Turbo mode. When your system is brought up, the driver N6954xxx.DSK will automatically issue an Identify Drive command to check if the attached IDE drive(s) support the read/write multiple commands. In case your drive(s) does not support the read/write multiple commands, the LCS-6954 disk controll will automatically be forced to run in the Fast mode. Please also note: While some IDE drives may respond to the Identify Drive command and confirm its capability to support the read/write multiple commands, they may not support the read/write multiple commands properly. In such cases, you will need to specify the operating mode as "F" explicitly to ensure reliable operation of such IDE drives. +===========================================================+ | IBM OS/2 2.x disk driver for LCS-6954 VL-Bus IDE Controller | +===========================================================+ LCS6954.ADD is the driver for IBM OS/2 2.0 and IBM OS/2 2.1. Your LCS-6954 disk controller needs this device driver to take the advantage of the high performance 32-bit VL-Bus when running under OS/2. Please follow the steps below in installing the driver for the LCS-6954 disk controller. 1. Install the OS/2 driver. Copy LCS6954.ADD to the OS2 directory of your system. Use a text editor to edit the CONFIG.SYS file. Add the following line: BASEDEV = LCS6954.ADD [/A:0 [/U:0 /SPEED:n] [/U:1 /SPEED:m]] Note: This line must not contain either drive or path information. parameters: A: adapter number U: drive number SPEED: drive speed setting n: speed of drive 0 from 0 to 7 m: speed of drive 1 from 0 to 7 Example: If you want your LCS-6954 controller to run with drive 0 at speed 3 and drive 1 at speed 5. Please add the following statement to the file CONFIG.SYS. BASEDEV = LCS6954.ADD /A:0 /U:0 /SPEED:3 /U:1 /SPEED:5 2. Delete the "BASEDEV = IBM1S506.ADD" device setting. Delete the command line "BASEDEV = IBM1S506.ADD" from the CONFIG.SYS file, if it exists. 3. Reboot the system. +===================================================================+ | Microsoft Windows NT version 3.1 disk driver | | for LCS-6954 Disk Controller | +===================================================================+ You need this driver only if you want to install TURBO mode under Windows NT. Please follow the steps below to install the driver. 1. Boot with Windows NT. 2. Insert the diskette "Drivers and Installation Utilities" in floppy drive A:. 3. Type the following command in the "Command Prompt" window: A:\NTINS Then the driver will install automatically. ******** Changing Operating Mode ******* If you want to change the operating mode, please type the following command: CITURBO The following message will be shown on the screen to ask you which mode will be set: Will the controller be in TURBO or FAST mode (T/F)? (default=T) Please answer 'T' or 'F' for your setup. After the changes have been made, please do a hard boot of the system. ******** Removing the Driver ******* If you want to remove the driver after installing the driver, please type the following command in the "Command Prompt" window: NTUNINS The driver will be removed automatically. +===========================================+ | UNIX Driver for LCS-6954 Disk Controller | +===========================================+ Please refer to the README.TXT in the UNIX subdirectory of this diskette. +=============================+ | Trademark Acknowledgments | +=============================+ VESA is a registered trademark of the Video Electronics Standards Association. VL-Bus is a trademark of the Video Electronics Standards Association. MS-DOS and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. PC, PC-AT and OS/2 are registered trademarks of IBM Corporation. Unix is a registered trademark of American Telephone and Telegraph Corp. 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