1. sc-2454.exe Driver
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ADVDISK.TXT Driver File Contents (sc-2454.exe)

    SIIG ASPI Disk Driver
    -------------------------

    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
    --------------------

    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
    ---------------------------------------------

    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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