SIIG ASPI Disk Driver
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This file contains important information and last-minute changes
regarding the SIIG ASPI Disk Driver.
How to reach SIIG
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Introduction
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SIIG is an ASPI Disk Driver for MS-DOS. It is an installable
device driver that is loaded in the CONFIG.SYS file. To install,
copy ADVDISK.EXE to your boot drive (C:) and add this line to
CONFIG.SYS:
DEVICE = C:\ADVDISK.EXE
Current version is 3.04, which supports 512 byte, 1024 byte and
2048 byte sectors. The Advdisk partitions are compatible with
NT 4.0 format. WIN 95 can also read ADVDISK partitioned disks.
However, a WIN 95 partitioned disk cannot be recognized by ADVDISK.
This version also supports SuperFloppy format media. It means that
ADVDISK can recognize SuperFloppy media formatted by WIN95, NT, and
OS/2, and reversely other OS can recognize the ADVDISK's formatted
media too. ADVDISK provides its own utility which can format a media
as SuperFloppy media. See command line option "FORMAT" for details.
Command line options
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ADVDISK is actually two components: the resident driver (installed
in CONFIG.SYS) and the executable (run from the DOS command line).
Each component has its own set of command-line options.
The resident driver recognizes these options:
/P
The driver will pause after loading.
/X=h,i
ADVDISK will, by default, attempt to use all fixed, removable, and
magneto-optical disk drives it finds on the SCSI bus. If a
particular device is being used by another driver, add this
exclude option to the command line, and ADVDISK will not control
the device. For example:
DEVICE = C:\ADVDISK.EXE /X=0,3
will exclude the device on host 0 with device ID 3 from control.
/R=n
ADVDISK will only reserve one drive letter for each REMOVABLE
device. Under most circumstances, this is sufficient. However,
if the medium used by this device has more than one partition
on it, ADVDISK will need to reserve more drive letters for each
device. For example, if using a device with two partitions, use:
DEVICE = C:\ADVDISK.EXE /R=2
If ADVDISK does not detect as many partitions on the medium as
specified to reserve, it will report "drive not ready" for the
undefined partitions.
The executable component of ADVDISK has its own set of command-line
options.
/? or /H
Displays a usage screen detailing all the command-line options
available.
MAP
ADVDISK will display a map, showing which SCSI devices are
associated with DOS drive letters, and their lock status.
LOCK [drive: | ALL]
This will lock a particular drive (or all ADVDISK drives) into
place. Media must be present in the drive for this command to be
successful. Once the drive is locked, media cannot be ejected
from the drive using the eject button. This is only applicable
for removable devices.
UNLOCK [drive: | ALL]
This command will unlock the particular drive, and allow for media
to eject normally. This is only applicable for removable devices.
EJECT [drive: | ALL]
Media will be ejected from the drive. If the drive is locked, this
command will unlock the drive and then eject the disk. This is
only applicable for removable devices.
PARTITION
ADVDISK has a simple disk partition program built-in. This program
should be used for any unpartitioned media you wish to use with
ADVDISK.
The program will ask in an interactive manner which drive is to be
partitioned. ADVDISK will not generate more than one partition and
will not selectively remove partitions. It will repartition disks
by overwriting the existing partition.
PARTITION will completely wipe out any information already on media
and therefore should be used with care. It will ask for confirmation
before partitioning media.
FORMAT
ADVDISK has a simple disk format program built-in. This program
can directly format a media without the partition table, which is
so called SuperFloppy format media.
FORMAT will generate only one partition and completely wipe out any
information already on media, and therefore should be used with care.
Using ADVDISK with real-time disk compression
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Testing has not demonstrated any compatability problems with
ADVDISK and real-time disk compression, such as Stacker,
DoubleSpace, or DriveSpace. However, these utilities will swap
drive letters to make the compressed drive seem to exist where
the uncompressed drive used to reside. This can confuse the
ADVDISK locking and status reporting features.
To use these features, specify the drive letter that corresponds to
the uncompressed drive when working with ADVDISK.
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Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.