Initio INI-AXXXU/UW Device Drivers ---------------------------------- For installation tips, please read the rest of this document as well as the README.TXT file under each subdirectory. Index ------ 1 - Initio Technical Support 2 - Diskette Contents 3 - Description 4 - MS-DOS 5 - INICD.SYS 6 - INIDISK.SYS 7 - INIFDISK.EXE 1 - Initio Technical Support ---------------------------- By mail: Initio Corpration 2188B Del Franco st. San Jose, CA 95131 Phone: 408-577-1919 FAX: 408-577-0640 Internet: support@initio.com http:\\www.initio.com 2 - Diskette Contents --------------------- +--ROOT | | | +--README.TXT : This file. | +--DOSSETUP.EXE : DOS Setup Utility | +--TXTSETUP.OEM : OEM script file for Windows NT. | +--DISK1 : script file for Windows NT. | +--DOS | | | +--README.TXT : Readme file for DOS. | +--ASPIA100.SYS : ASPI Device Manager(v1.00) for DOS. | +--INICD.SYS : Initio SCSI CD-ROM driver(v1.05) for DOS. | +--INIDISK.SYS : Initio SCSI Disk driver(v1.03) for DOS. | +--INIFDISK.SYS : Initio SCSI Disk format utility(v1.04) for DOS. | +--OS2 | | | +--README.TXT : Readme file for OS2. | +--INIA100.ADD : Adapter Device Driver for IBM OS/2. | +--INIA100.DDP : Driver Description Profile. | +--WIN95 | | | +--README.TXT : Readme file for WINDOWS 95. | +--INIA100.MPD : Device Driver for WINDOWS 95. | +--INIA100.INF : script file for Windows 95. | +--WINNT | | | +--README.TXT : Readme file for WINDOWS NT. | +--INIA100.SYS : Device Driver for WINDOWS NT. | +--OEMSETUP.INF : OEM script file for Windows NT. | +--NETWARE | +--README.TXT : Readme file for NETWARE | +--HAM | +--INIA100.HAM : Device Driver +--INIA100.DDI : Device Driver installation file 3 - Description --------------- This disk contains drivers for the Initio INI-A100U2W family of SCSI host adapters 4 - MS-DOS ---------- The DOSSETUP.EXE program installsthe 16bit ASPI drivers, SCSI CD-ROM driver and the MicrosoftCD extensions. This program will automatically create or modify the AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files on your hard drive. To complete CD-ROM installation, you will need MSCDEX.EXE pre-installed on the hard drive or on a floppy disk. MSCDEX.EXE is on MS-DOS 6.2x setup disk number one. Be sure that you know the location and the path of MSCDEX.EXE prior to running DOSSETUP.EXE. The hard drive will need MS-DOS 6.xx installed or it will need to be formatted with the /s option (i.e. - bootable format) prior to running Initio DOSSETUP.EXE. From the x:\ DOS prompt type "DOSSETUP" and press "enter". NOTE: x = drive letter of floppy drive used. After DOSSETUP.EXE completes, be sure to reboot system so changes take effect. 5 - INICD.SYS ------------- INICD.SYS is a DOS device driver for supporting SCSI CDROM drives. It is the interface between MSCDEX.EXE (supplied by Microsoft) and the physical CDROM drive. INICD.SYS must be loaded by your CONFIG.SYS start up file. INICD.SYS requires that an ASPI Manager be loaded. Therefore, you must load INICD.SYS after you load the appropriate ASPI Manager. INICD.SYS can be loaded with either the "DEVICE" or "DEVICEHIGH" command. Below is a list of command line options and examples. /D: /d: This option is used to specify the name of the device driver. The name specified must also be passed to MSCDEX.EXE on it's command line (Using the same /D: or /d: option). The name specified must be 8 or less characters in length. Valid characters are the A-Z, a-z, 0-9 and underscore. The name must start with a letter. Examples: /D:INICD001 /d:mscd001 /d:MYCD01 /T /t This option is used to specify a Time out value to be used when sending commands to a CDROM drive. If a CDROM drive does not respond toa command within the specified time out then the command will be aborted and an appropriate error message will be displayed. The time out value is specified in minutes. Valid values are 1-9 and D or d. The D or d values are used to Disable the time out mechanism. If the time out mechanism is disabled then faulty hardware can lock up the system. Examples: /T4 /Td /TD /T1 /X /x This option is used to eXclude particular CDROM drives. Excluded CDROM drives are identified by specifying the host adapter, target id and lun. These values are spereated by a colon. Groups of CDROM drives (or wild cards) can also be identified. Below are examples of the different ways CDROM drives can be excluded: /X0:1:2 Exclude drive on Host Adapter 0, target ID 1 and lun 2. /X0:2 Exclude drive on Host Adapter 0, target ID 2 and ANY lun /X0 Exclude ALL drives on Host Adapter 0. SAMPLE CONFIG.SYS AND AUTOEXEC.BAT FILES These samples assume that the user has loaded the Initio drivers in the following directory: c:\ini910u. Config.sys: DEVICE=c:\ini910u\aspi910u DEVICE=c:\ini910u\inicd.sys /D:INICD001 Explanation: The first line loads the ASPI manager and the second line loads the CDROM driver specifying the device name INICD001. Autoexec.bat: Mscdex /D:INICD001 Explanation: This line will load the Microsoft supplied mscdex.exe file instructing it to attach to the CDROM device driver INICD001. 6 - INIDISK.SYS --------------- Inidisk.sys is a DOS block device driver for supporting SCSI fixed disks, removable disks and MO devices. INIDISK.SYS must be loaded by your CONFIG.SYS start up file. INIDISK.SYS requires that an ASPI Manager be loaded. Therefore, you must load INIDISK.SYS after you load the appropriate ASPI Manager. INIDISK.SYS can be loaded with either the "DEVICE" or "DEVICEHIGH" command. Below is a list of command line options and examples. /R /r This option specifies the number of logical drives to reserve for MO and removable disk devices. MO and removable disks media are capable of being partitioned just like a fixed disk. For every DOS partition on the media a logical DOS drive letter will be available. INIDISK.SYS will support as many logical drives as required (up to the maximum supported by DOS) based on the partitioning of the media that is present when your system boots. However, the media may be removed at any time and a new disk may be inserted. The new disk may have more (or less) partitions then the original disk. The /R /r option is used to reserved drive letters at start up in order to facilitate a disk change to a disk with more partitions than the original disk present at boot time. The value after the /R /r option determines how many drive letters will be reserved on a device basis. For example, if the user specifies a /R4 option and there are two removable devices attached to the SCSI bus, then a total of eight (8) drive letters will be reserved. /T /t This option is used to specify a Time out value to be used when sending commands to a SCSI drive. If a SCSI drive does not respond to a command within the specified time out then the command will be aborted and an appropriate error message will be displayed. The time out value is specified in minutes. Valid values are 1-9 and D or d. The D or d values are used to Disable the time out mechanism. If the time out mechanism is disabled then faulty hardware can lock up the system. Examples: /T4 /Td /TD /T1 /X /x This option is used to eXclude particular SCSI drives. Excluded SCSI drives are identified by specifying the host adapter, target id and lun. These values are spereated by a colon. Groups of SCSI drives (or wild cards) can also be identified. Below are examples of the different ways SCSI drives can be excluded: /X0:1:2 Exclude drive on Host Adapter 0, target ID 1 and lun 2. /X0:2 Exclude drive on Host Adapter 0, target ID 2 and ANY lun /X0 Exclude ALL drives on Host Adapter 0. SAMPLE CONFIG.SYS These samples assume that the user has loaded the Initio drivers in the following directory: c:\ini910u. Config.sys: DEVICE=c:\ini910u\aspi910u DEVICE=c:\ini910u\inicd.sys /R2 Explanation: The first line loads the ASPI manager and the second line loads the SCSI disk driver specifying that a minimum of two drive letters be reserved for each MO and removable disk attached to the SCSI bus. 7 - INIFDISK.EXE ----------------- Inifdisk.exe is a DOS partition and format utility. It requires the aspi910U.sys driver to be loaded in order for it to function properly. Upon invocation the initial screen will have two windows. The top window will list all of the SCSI devices installed in the system. The user can highlight a particular device by using the up and down arrow keys. The bottom window will display information about the device that is currently highlighted in the top window. Inifdisk.exe can partition and format any SCSI storage device that is not being controlled by the BIOS, this includes SCSI disks, magnetic optical drives, and removable media devices. Each screen is self-explanatory so the user should have no problems in using the utility.Download Driver Pack
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