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- ADAPTEC EZ-SCSI 3.04L for IBM
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- Welcome to Adaptec EZ-SCSI 3.04L for IBM
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- The following information is available in this README file:
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- 1. SETUP Command Line Options
- 2. SMARTDRV 5.0 and XA formatted CDs
- 3. Troubleshooting/Limitations
- 4. EZ-SCSI Installation
- 5. SCSI ID Setting
- 6. Hard Disk Partitions
- 7. OS/2 Device Driver (AHA152X.ADD)
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- 1. SETUP Command Line Options
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- There are a couple of command line options that are available with the
- Windows version of EZ-SCSI (SETUP.EXE):
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- Option: noctl3d
- Example: a:\setup noctl3d
- Description: EZ-SCSI for Windows uses a Dynamic Link Library (DLL) called
- CTL3D.DLL that gives its dialog boxes the 3-D gray-box look.
- This command line options disables the loading of this DLL.
- Note that EZ-SCSI defaults to not loading this DLL if you are
- using Central Point's Desktop (e.g. PC Tools for Windows 1.0).
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- Option: noscan
- Example: a:\setup noscan
- Description: By default, EZ-SCSI will automatically scan your hardware for
- SCSI host adapters and SCSI devices. In the unlikely event
- that this fails, we've provided an override switch that
- instructs EZ-SCSI to NOT scan for hardware. It will simply
- decompress the files on to your hard disk. You would then
- need to manually edit your CONFIG.SYS and/or AUTOEXEC.BAT.
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- 2. SMARTDRV 5.0 and XA formatted CDs
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- SMARTDRV 5.0 (in MS-DOS 6.2, Windows for Workgroups 3.11) now includes
- caching for CD-ROM drives. There is a problem with SMARTDRV in its support
- for XA formatted Compact Discs. If you experience "Not Ready" errors,
- using SMARTDRV 5.0, add /E:2048 to your SMARTDRV command line. For example:
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- C:\DOS\SMARTDRV /X /E:2048
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- 3. Troubleshooting/Limitations
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- o EZ-SCSI for Windows (SETUP.EXE) will not load it's 3-D look DLL (CTL3D.DLL)
- if you are using Central Point PC Tools for Windows Desktop. The
- installation will still proceed without any loss of functionality.
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- o You should install Adaptec EZ-SCSI to a drive letter that exists at boot
- time. This would NOT include RAM drives, network drives, removable
- drives, etc.
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- 4. EZ-SCSI Installation
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- SCSI devices such as hard disk drive or CD-ROM drive installed in
- or connected to Dock II, can be operational immediately upon warm/hot
- docking/undocking, by using the SCSI support software which comes with
- the Dock II.
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- To enjoy all the benefits of this capability, you first need to turn on and
- connect all the SCSI devices, which you want to use, to the Dock II. Then
- install and setup the SCSI software appropriately with those devices. You
- may dock and undock as needed, once you setup the SCSI support software
- with all of them.
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- To setup SCSI support software
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- 1. Turn off the ThinkPad.
- 2. Dock the ThinkPad to the Dock II.
- 3. Attach all the SCSI devices to the Dock II correctly. For SCSI device
- settings and installation, please refer to "Chapter 5. Using the SCSI
- Controller" in the Dock II User's Guide.
- 4. Turn on the ThinkPad.
- 5. Run EZ-SCSI program for SCSI software installation. Please refer to
- "Appendix B. Using the SCSI Support Software" in the Dock II User's
- Guide for EZ-SCSI installation.
- 6. Reboot the system to activate the new setting.
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- Now the drive letters (E:, F:, etc.) for your SCSI devices are always
- reserved regardless of docking state. Those drive letters are "not ready"
- when the ThinkPad is stand-alone. When you warm or hot dock the ThinkPad
- to the Dock II, the drives become ready to use.
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- Every time you added any 'NEW' SCSI device, you have to run EZ-SCSI setup
- program again so that the SCSI software recognize the device.
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- Note 1) SCSI hard disk drives are not treated as 'fixed' disk drive but
- removable media like a diskette or a Magneto-Optical disk
- to support warm/hot dock.
- You may get the following message when you are trying
- to access to the disk while undocked:
- "Insert a media to drive D:"
- The icons for those drives may change to one for a removable media
- in DOS SHELL or File Manager in Windows.
- 2) SCSI hot and warm docking/undocking feature is realized with
- ASPI8IBM.SYS device driver. This driver is upward compatible with
- Adaptec ASPI8DOS.SYS driver.
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- 5. SCSI ID Setting
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- SCSI ID 0 should not be used for any hard disk if you take advantage
- of warm and hot dock/undock features. SCSI ID 0 is reserved for the
- boot (startup) device and if the system started up with the SCSI drive,
- the system must be turned off prior to undock.
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- 6. Hard Disk Partitions
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- If you made two or more partitions in the SCSI hard disk drives, you need
- to add /R option in ASPIDISK.SYS line in CONFIG.SYS. (/D is automatically
- set by EZ-SCSI installation program.)
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- DEVICE=C:\SCSI\ASPIDISK.SYS /D /R<reserve count>
- where <reserve count> is the maximum number of partitions in
- each hard disk drive.
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- For example, if you have two SCSI disks and each disks are partitioned
- into four and three partitions each, then
- your CONFIG.SYS will be as follows:
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- DEVICE=C:\SCSI\ASPIDISK.SYS /D /R4
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- With this option, four logical drive will be reserved for each hard disk
- drive. If the drive letters for SCSI drives starts from D:, the assignment
- will be as follows:
- D:, E:, F:, G: for first disk drive (four partitions)
- H:, I:, J:, K: for second disk drive (three partitions)
- In this case, the last K: drive will not be used actually since the
- second drive has only three partitions.
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- 7. OS/2 Device Driver (AHA152X.ADD)
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- OS/2 SCSI device driver for the Dock II SCSI controller (AHA152X.ADD)
- in the OS/2 version 2.1 or version 2.11 might cause some problem with
- CD-ROM and MO drives.
- The newer version of the device driver is available in the Dock II
- Option Diskette. Please update your system with the following procedures.
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- 1. Open an OS/2 or DOS command prompt.
- 2. Change directory to x:\OS2, where x: is the drive letter which
- OS/2 is installed.
- 3. Insert the Dock II Option Diskette into the diskette drive.
- 4. Type 'COPY A:\AHA152X.ADD' and press Enter.
- 5. Shutdown OS/2 and restart the system.
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- Trademarks and Service Marks
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- The following terms are trademarks or service marks of the IBM Corporation
- in the United States or other countries:
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- IBM
- ThinkPad
- OS/2
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- The following terms are trademarks of other companies as follows:
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- Adaptec Adaptec, Inc.
- EZ-SCSI Adaptec, Inc.
- Windows Microsoft Corporation
- Windows for Workgroups Microsoft Corporation
- MS-DOS Microsoft Corporation
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