home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
-
-
- DC2000 README File Revision 1.03
-
-
-
-
- On this diskette you will find device drivers for the DC2000
- VL-Bus IDE Disk Controller.
-
- DC2000.SYS (Version 1.40) is the driver for DOS
- DC2000.386 (Version 1.20) is the driver for Microsoft Windows 3.1
- N2000310.DSK (Version 1.10) is for Netware 386 3.10.
- N2000311.DSK (Version 1.10) is for Netware 386 3.11.
-
-
- +===============================================+
- | DOS Driver for DC2000 VL-Bus IDE Controller |
- +===============================================+
-
- The file DC2000.SYS is the DOS driver for the DC2000 disk controller. You
- will need it in the following situations:
-
- - Your DC2000 has no on-board external BIOS to take the advantage of
- the high speed 32-bit VL-Bus.
-
- - Your DC2000 has an on-board external BIOS, but it can not work under the
- default Turbo mode. You need to select the operating mode every time
- when you power up or reboot your system.
-
-
- Please follow the steps below to install the driver for DOS.
-
- - Follow the installation steps as described in the DC2000 Installation
- Guide and bring up your DC2000.
-
- - Copy the driver DC2000.SYS to your system in the appropriate path.
-
- - Add the following statement to your CONFIG.SYS file:
-
- device = [drive:][\path\] DC2000.sys [/F or /T] [/W]
-
- where [drive:] and [\path\] point to the directory that contains the
- the DC2000.sys file. The parameters F, T and W define the operating mode
- as follows:
-
- F : DC2000 working in the Fast mode
- T : DC2000 working in the Turbo mode (default operating mode)
- W : DC2000 working in the 16 bit data access mode (If motherboard
- CPU has a 16-bit external data bus. for examples,
- IBM 486 SLC2....)
-
- Note: If no parameter is specified, the DC2000 will be set to
- run under the default Turbo and 32 bit data access mode.
-
- Under Fast(F) mode, the DC2000 supports 32-bit VL-Bus IO. Under Turbo
- (T) mode, the DC2000 not only supports 32-bit VL-Bus IO, it also supports
- the 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 DC2000 to run under the Turbo mode. When
- your system is brought up, the driver DC2000.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 DC2000 will
- automatically be forced to run under the Fast mode.
-
- Note: Some IDE drives may not support the read/write multiple commands
- properly. If your DC2000 can not access the attached drive(s) properly
- under the default Turbo mode, you have to specify the parameter as "F".
-
- Example:
-
- If the DOS driver DC2000.SYS resides in the root directory of the
- drive C:, and you want your DC2000 to run under TURBO mode, add the
- following statement to the file CONFIG.SYS.
-
- device= c:\DC2000.sys
-
- Add the following statement if your DC2000 has to run under the
- Fast mode:
-
- device= c:\DC2000.sys /f
-
-
- +========================================================+
- | Microsoft Windows version 3.1 disk driver for DC2000 |
- +========================================================+
-
- The file DC2000.386 is the Microsoft Windows 3.1 disk driver for the
- DC2000 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 will need this driver. In addition,
- the driver also allows your host to access the disk data through the
- faster "read/write multiple" commands.
-
-
- Please follow the steps below to install the driver for DC2000.
-
-
- 1. Copy the driver DC2000.386 to your system in the appropriate path.
-
- It is recommended that the driver DC2000.386 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", you
- need to 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 "DC2000.386".
-
- Add the following command lines in the [386Enh] section of the
- SYSTEM.INI file:
-
- device=[drive:][\path\]DC2000.386
- DisksAccessMode=[Fast or Turbo] [/W]
-
- The [drive:] and [\path\] point to the directory that contains
- DC2000.386 file. Note that the setting must specify the full path
- of the device driver DC2000.386.
-
- The setting of disk_access_mode specifies the disk access mode as
- follows:
-
- Fast : DC2000 working in the Fast mode
- Turbo : DC2000 working in the Turbo mode (default)
- W : DC2000 working in the 16 bit data access mode
- (If motherboard CPU has a 16-bit external data bus.
- for examples, IBM 486 SLC2....)
-
- Note : If no parameter is specified, the DC2000 will
- be set to run under the default Turbo and 32 bit data
- access mode.
-
- Under Fast mode, the DC2000 supports 32-bit VL-Bus IO. Under Turbo
- mode, the DC2000 not only supports 32-bit VL-Bus IO, it also supports
- the 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: Not all IDE drives support the read/write multiple commands.
- Usually, you may set your DC2000 to run under the Turbo mode. When
- your system is brought up, the driver DC2000.386 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 DC2000 will
- automatically be forced to run under the Fast mode.
-
- Note: Some IDE drives may not support the read/write multiple commands
- properly. If your DC2000 can not access the attached drive(s) properly
- under the default Turbo mode, you have to specify the parameter as
- "Fast".
-
-
- +=======================================+
- | Netware 3.xx disk driver for DC2000 |
- +=======================================+
-
- Please follow the steps below to install the driver for Netware 3.10.
- Use N2000311.DSK instead of N2000310.DSK in the following procedure when
- you are installing Netware 3.11. Note that you don't need to load the
- ISADISK.DSK when you are installing the Netware driver for DC2000.
-
-
- 1. After you have installed the DC2000, bring up the Netware server
- until the prompt ":" appears on the screen.
-
- 2. Type the following command after the ":" prompt:
-
- :load N2000310 [/F or /T] [/W] port=1f0 int=e
-
- The parameters F, T and W define the operating mode as follows:
-
- F : DC2000 working in the Fast mode
- T : DC2000 working in the Turbo mode (default operating mode)
- W : DC2000 working in the 16 bit data access mode
- (If motherboard CPU has a 16-bit external data bus.
- for example, IBM 486 SLC2....)
-
- Note: If no parameter is specified, the DC2000 will be set to
- run under the default Turbo and 32 bit data access mode.
-
- Under Fast(F) mode, the DC2000 supports 32-bit VL-Bus IO. Under Turbo
- (T) mode, the DC2000 not only supports 32-bit VL-Bus IO, it also supports
- the 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 DC2000 to run under the Turbo mode. When
- your system is brought up, the driver 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 DC2000 will
- automatically be forced to run under the Fast mode.
-
- Note: Some IDE drives may not support the read/write multiple commands
- properly. If your DC2000 can not access the attached drive(s) properly
- under the default Turbo mode, you have to specify the parameter as "F".
-
- +================================+
- | UNIX Driver V1.1 for DC2000 |
- +================================+
-
-
- ******** Install UNIX Driver ********
-
- This driver is for AT&T UNIX SVR 4.0 and SCO UNIX 3.2.4. The driver
- is provided in another diskette of your DC2000 package. Please follow
- the steps below to install the UNIX driver:
-
- 1. Insert the diskette which contains the UNIX Driver into drive A:
- and type the following command after the prompt "#":
-
- # installpkg
-
- 2. The following message will be shown on the screen:
-
- Will the DC2000 controller be in TURBO or FAST mode
- (T/F)? (default=T)
-
- Please answer 'T' or 'F' to select the DC2000 operating mode.
-
- 3. Next, message will be shown on the screen:
-
- Does the mainboard CPU have a 16-bit external data bus
- (for examples,IBM 486 SLC2 ...) instead of 32-bit bus
- (Y/N)? (default=N)
-
- Please answer 'Y' or 'N' to fit the feature of the mainboard CPU.
- The installation procedure will continue.
-
- 4. Done! if you are running AT&T UNIX SVR 4.0.
-
- 5. If you are running SCO UNIX, type the following commands after the
- driver is installed.
-
- # cd /
- # shutdown -y -g0 -i6
-
- The commands will shutdown and reboot your system with the new kernel.
-
-
-
- ******** Change Operating Mode *******
-
- If you want to change the operating mode after your system has been
- brought up with the new kernel, please type the following command:
-
- # ptisetmode
-
- The following message will be shown on the screen:
-
- This command will rebuild the kernel and shutdown the system
- automatically.
-
- Do you really want to proceed with it (Y/N)? (default=N)
-
-
- Please answer 'Y' or 'N'.
-
- 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' to fit your need.
-
- Then, message will be shown on the screen:
-
- Does the mainboard CPU have a 16-bit external data bus
- (for examples,IBM 486 SLC2 ...) instead of 32-bit bus
- (Y/N)? (default=N)
-
- Please answer 'Y' or 'N' to fit the feature of the mainboard CPU.
-
- ******** Remove the Driver ********
-
- If you want to remove the driver and recover to the original hard disk
- device driver, please type the following command after the prompt #:
-
- # removepkg
-
- Some installed package name(s) will be shown on the screen. Please
- choose "DC2000 UNIX Driver". The remove procedure will continue.
-
- If you are running the SCO UNIX, please type the following commands to
- shutdown and reboot your system:
-
- # cd /
- # shutdown -y -g0 -i6
-
- +==============================+
- | Trademarks Acknowledgement |
- +==============================+
-
- 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.
- Xenix is a registered trademark of Santa Cruz Operation Corporation.
- Unix is a registered trademark of American Telephone and Telegraph Corp.
- Netware is a registered trademark of Novell Corporation.
-