ASW-1410 - Version 2 - Installation Guide
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1. This document provides installation information on Adaptec s Advanced SCSI Programming Interface ASPI DOS Manager for the AHA 154X and the AHA 1640 SCSI host adapters the ASPI disk driver ASPIDISK SYS and the SCSI hard disk partitioning program AFDISK ASPI DOS Manager ASPI4DOS SYS The DOS operating system uses the ASPI DOS Manager to communicate with the SCSI host adapter and allow access to additional SCSI devices connected to the host adapter The ASPI DOS Manager is typically installed when more than two hard disk drives are already installed see section on ASPIDISK SYS installation to install a SCSI drive that is configured at a SCSI ID other than 0 or 1 see section on ASPIDISK SYS installation to install removable media see section on ASPIDISK SYS installation when interfacing to ASPI modules which include modules for SY TOS CD ROM printers plotters and other SCSI devices to support DOS extenders which run in protected mode i e MS Windows 3 0 MS Windows 386 Quarterdeck QEMM 386 Qualitas 386MAX to support programs that write large amounts of data directly to video memory to change the host adapter configuration to increase performance Version 2 0 and newer of the ASPI4DOS SYS ASPI manager fully conform to the VDS Virtual DMA Services specification VDS is described in the Commonly Asked Questions section of this document ASW 1410 1 1 adaptec Section One Int2. DEVICE 386MAX SYS EXT 64 ASPI4DOS SYS should NOT be loaded into high memory No buffer required Driver can be loaded into high memory W or WM required No buffer required This program conforms to the VDS specification Note If problems occur loading ASPI4DOS SYS into high memory make sure that ASPI4DOS SYS is not being loaded into video memory Consult your user s manual for the particular application ASW 1410 3 2 adaptec Section Four Using Multiple Host Adapters Each ASPI4DOS SYS driver will support a single host adapter Support for multiple host adapters can be achieved by loading multiple copies of the driver each instance with a different P AT or S Micro Channel option specifying the port address or slot location The drivers are capable of chaining themselves onto the ASPI entry point so the AHA 154X ASPI manager could be mixed in with ASPI managers for other host adapters as well The first ASPI4DOS SYS loaded must specify the host adapter with its BIOS enabled If none of the host adapters have their BIOS s enabled this will not be a problem The following is the CONFIG SYS entry for a system with two AHA 154X host adapters DEVICE ASPI4DOS SYS DEVICE ASPI4DOS SYS P334 DEVICE ASPIDISK SYS include this line only if you need it The following is the CONFIG SYS entry for a micro channel system with two AHA 1640 host adapters DEVICE ASPI4DOS SYS S1 DEVICE ASPI4DOS SY
3. I O Port Address 330 Interrupt Level 11 DMA Channel 5 Host Adapter SCSI ID 7 Debug Status 2 Int 13H active for drive C and D Int 13H routed through ASPI manager ASPI4DOS SYS Installation Successful e e e e e o nn Ge Gem e we a _ r r _ _ rr_ _ F_ _ __w _ e GEM rr _ r gt COMMAND LINE OPTIONS The following command line options may be added to the ASPI4DOS SYS driver to change the parameters of the host adapter DEVICE lt directory gt ASPI4DOS SYS P lt port address gt S lt slot number gt D L W WM V VM X lt speed gt N lt bus on time gt F lt bus off time gt 1 NORST Notes S is for the AHA 1640 only P lt port address gt X lt speed gt N lt bus on time gt F lt bus off time gt are for the AHA 154X only use either W WM or neither but do not use both use either V VM or neither but do not use both P lt port address gt Sets the port address that the driver uses to communicate with the AHA 154X host adapter This value is in hex Valid addresses are 130 134 230 234 330 334 i e P334 ASW 1410 2 2 adaptec Section Two S lt slot number gt D W ASW 1410 Installation The AHA 154X should be jumpered accordingly The AHA 154X and AHA 1640 BIOS should be disabled if a port address other than 330 is used as they only work at port 330 The
4. Int 13 calls are rerouted through the driver instead of through the host adapter BIOS Since the Int 13 code is processed at RAM speed instead of ROM speed overall system performance is increased Q What is SCSIHA SYS and do I still need it A SCSIHA SYS is a device driver for the AHA 154X 1640 that can be obtained from the Adaptec BBS It is not required when using the ASPI4DOS SYS driver a W may be needed See Software Considerations section of this document This driver creates a buffer in lower memory that is required when using programs use the protected mode of the 386 Q I have both ASPI4DOS SYS and ASPIDISK SYS loaded into my CONFIG SYS However I m getting a message during boot 0 Logical drive s installed Failed to find any SCSI logical drives to support ASPIDISK SYS is NOT installed What is wrong A ASPIDISK SYS will only install if compatible partitions are found on SCSI drives that are not installed under the host adapter BIOS If such partitions are not found ASPIDISK SYS will not install This is normal and is not a problem ASPI4DOS SYS will still install normally ASW 1410 5 adaptec Section Five Commonly Asked Questions Q Will AFDISK support partitions greater than 32 MBytes if DOS 3 31 is used A No it won t Although DOS 3 31 supports large partitions such partitions are not supported through AFDISK The limit is still 32 MBytes per partition unless DOS 4 0 or later is used The l
5. QUANTUM P405 940 40 94xx HA 0 Target 2 You have chosen a SCSI device controlled by DOS via the Host Adapter BIOS Use DOS FDISK and FORMAT command to partition and format the device Press lt Esc gt to continue Simply press the lt Esc gt key to continue To quit AFDISK press the lt Esc gt key and select yes when prompted on whether or not to quit It is necessary to reboot the system in order for the partitions that have just been created to be installed Adaptec SCSI Utility V2 1 Monday September 17 1990 4 35 pm Select SCSI Device to Partition HA 0 Target 0 CONNER CP3100 100mb 3 5 QUANTUM P405 940 40 94xx SS Exit AFDISK ES HA 0 Target 2 No lt Enter gt Select lt arrows gt Up and Down lt F1 gt Help lt Esc gt Exit ASW 1410 2 13 adaptec Section Two Installation If for some reason it is difficult to read the text when running AFDISK i e certain laptop computers the program can be forced into black and white mode To do this use the DOS MODE command MODE BW80 If color mode is desired again at a later time use the DOS MODE command MODE CO80 For the majority of systems the default color mode should be sufficient On line help is always available by pressing lt Fl gt ASW 1410 2 14 adaptec Section Three Software Considerations Some programs that use the virtual mode of the 386 sometimes require a virtual buffer allocated to run correctly A
6. virtual buffer can be allocated with the command line switch W or WM after the ASPI4DOS SYS driver Programs that conform to the VDS specification do not require a virtual buffer See the table below to determine if a separate buffer is required Program Version Note MS Windows 286 all No buffer required MS Windows 386 2x W or WM required MS Windows 3 0 No buffer required or newer QEMM 386 5 0 No buffer required Driver can be by Quarterdeck or newer loaded into high memory except when loading from a SCSI drive controlled by the AHA 154X or AHA 1640 BIOS QEMM 386 previous W should be used If it is used at by Quarterdeck to 5 0 least 64K of extended memory should be left free when QEMM is loaded i e DEVICE QEMM SYS EXTMEM 64 ASPI4DOS SYS should NOT be loaded into high memory QRAM all No buffer required Driver can be by Quarterdeck loaded into high memory ASW 1410 3 1 adaptec Section Three Software Considerations Program Version 386MAX 4 08 by Qualitas or newer 386MAX previous by Qualitas to 4 08 MOVE EM all by Qualitas Any protected mode Software No VDS support Any protected mode Software VDS support Note No buffer required Driver can be loaded into high memory except when loading from a SCSI drive controlled by the AHA 154X or AHA 1640 BIOS W should be used If it is used at least 64K of extended memory should be left free when 386MAX is loaded i e
7. B sec 02 8 0 MB sec 03 10 0 MB sec 04 5 7 MB sec AHA 154XA or B only Warning AT Bus Master transfer speeds of greater than 5 0 MB sec are not supported in all AT systems Increasing the transfer speed to a speed greater than the AT can handle may cause a hang condition This option sets the BUS ON time for the AHA 154X host adapter only Valid BUS ON times are between 02 and 15 usecs The default time is 11 usecs i e N11 The value is in decimal This command is only valid on the AHA 154X This option sets the BUS OFF time for the AHA 154X host adapter only Valid BUS OFF times are between 01 and 64 usecs The default time is 4 usecs i e F4 The value is in decimal This command is only valid on the AHA 154X This option will disable the loading of the embedded INT 13 module This option is for debugging purposes and should normally not be used 2 5 adaptec Section Two Installation NORST This option will cause the driver not to issue a hard reset to the host adapter during initialization only if the BIOS is disabled If the BIOS is enabled no hard reset is ever issued by the driver because the BIOS resets the board during its initialization phase If not specified with the BIOS disabled all devices on the SCSI bus will be reset ASPIDISK SYS INSTALLATION In order for the ASPIDISK SYS driver to recognize logical drives partitioned with AFDISK the CONFIG SYS file must contain the following DEVI
8. CE command DEVICE lt directory gt ASPI4DOS SYS optional switches DEVICE lt directory gt ASPIDISK SYS optional switches Note The ASPIDISK SYS driver must be loaded after the ASPI4DOS SYS driver for proper operation AFDISK should be run before attempting to load these logical drives with the ASPIDISK SYS driver COMMAND LINE OPTIONS The following command line option may be added to the ASPIDISK SYS driver D This displays useful information during boot see the following example R lt of reserved logical This determines the number of logical drives gt drives that will be reserved for removable media This command is ignored if the hard disk is the non removable type If not specified the default number of reserved logical drives is one If media with logical drive assigned is inserted in the removable media drive during boot that number of logical drives will be reserved ASW 1410 2 6 adaptec Section Two Installation When both the ASPI4DOS SYS driver and the ASPIDISK SYS driver are loaded the display should look similar to AHA 154X 1640 ASPI Manager for DOS Version 2 1 Copyright 1990 Adaptec Inc Int 13H routed through ASPI manager ASPI4DOS SYS Installation Successful ASPI Disk Driver for DOS Version 2 1 Copyright 1990 Adaptec Inc 2 SCSI disk drive s handled by ASPIDISK 5 Logical drive s installed ASPIDISK SYS Installation Successful ASW 1410 2 7 adaptec Section Two Installati
9. DTA AFDISK error message file SYS HELP DTA AFDISK help message file To invoke AFDISK simply type AFDISK at the DOS prompt The ASPI Manager must already be installed in the CONFIG SYS for AFDISK to run correctly The screen will look similar to Adaptec SCSI Utility v2 1 Monday September 17 1990 4 28 pm SS Select SCSI Device to Partition HA 0 Target 0 CONNER CP3100 100mb 3 5 HA 0 Target 2 lt Enter gt Select lt arrows gt Up and Down ASW 1410 2 9 adaptec Section Two Installation The displayed list shows all installed SCSI disk drives including removable media devices The HA field indicates the host adapter number If running a single host adapter this namber will be zero The Target field indicates the SCSI devices target ID Select the SCSI disk to partition and format and press lt Enter gt The screen will look similar to Adaptec SCSI Utility v2 1 Monday September 17 1990 4 29 pm Select SCSI Device to Partitio HA 0 Target 0 CONNER CP3100 QUANTUM P405 940 3 Logical Drive Info HA 0 Target 2 heads sectors track cylinders bytes sector megabytes 1406Ch blocks lt Ins gt Create lt Del gt Delete lt F1 gt Help lt Esc gt Exit Logical drive information will be displayed in the lower left hand corner of the screen Since most Adaptec SCSI host adapters use a 64 head 32 sector translation scheme the number of cylinders will equal the number of megabytes of ca
10. S S2 DEVICE ASPIDISK SYS include this line only if you need it When using multiple AHA 154X host adapters be sure to select a different port address DMA channel and Interrupt channel for each host adapter Only one AHA 154X should have its BIOS enabled all other host adapter BIOS s should be disabled If using multiple AHA 1542 host adapters the 2 indicates the presence of a floppy controller you will also need to disable the floppy controllers on all the host adapters except the one used When using multiple AHA 1640 host adapters be sure to select a different port address arbitration level and Interrupt level for each host adapter Only one AHA 1640 should have its BIOS enabled all other host adapter BIOS s should be disabled ASW 1410 4 1 adaptec Section Five Commonly Asked Questions What is VDS and why is it an advantage for me A VDS stands for virtual DMA Services It is a standard developed so that bus master devices can obtain the physical address of software that is running in the protected mode of the 386 It eliminates the need for a separate buffer thus increasing overall system performance ASW 1410 ver 2 0 and newer fully supports the VDS specification Microsoft Windows 3 0 also supports VDS See section on Software considerations Q Why should I install the ASPI4DOS SYS manager if I only have one hard disk installed and it is currently installed under the BIOS A When the manager is loaded
11. TALLATION In order for the ASPI MS DOS Manager files to be loaded whenever the system is booted the CONFIG SYS file must contain the following DEVICE command DEVICE lt directory gt ASPI4DOS SYS optional switches Using any ASCII file editor add the individual device driver commands to an existing CONFIG SYS file or follow the instructions in the MS DOS Operations Reference Manual to create a new CONFIG SYS file The driver should precede the loading of all ASPI modules and any disk caching drivers When the driver is loaded the display should look similar to rr rr P En rm me e auo amo ee amo qmo A qmo qmo omo ee qme _ r din diem _ r r sup qmo seo qme me amo anm aam AHA 154X 1640 ASPI Manager for DOS Version 2 1 Copyright 1990 Adaptec Inc Int 13H routed through ASPI manager ASPI4DOS SYS Installation Successful Pr r _ __ _ _ _ _ _ e r _ r r ED we we wwe ee _ r If you add the D command line option i e DEVICE ASPI4DOS SYS D the driver will display configuration information similar to ASW 1410 2 1 adaptec Section Two Installation AHA 154X 1640 ASPI Manager for DOS Version 2 1 Copyright 1990 Adaptec Inc SCSI ID O LUN O QUANTUM P40S 940 40 94xx SCSI ID 1 LUN O QUANTUM P40S 940 40 04xx SCSI ID 4 LUN O SONY CD ROM CDU 6XXX SCSI ID 6 LUN O ADAPTEC Nodem
12. adaptec ASW 1410 Version 2 ASPI DOS Manager with ASPI Disk Module Installation Guide Preface COPYRIGHT O Copyright 1990 Adaptec Inc All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or trans mitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopy ing recording or otherwise without the prior written consent of Adaptec Inc 691 South Milpitas Blvd Milpitas CA 95035 CHANGES The material in this manual is for information only and is subject to change without notice Adaptec reserves the right to make changes in the product design with out reservation and without notification to its users Additional information may be obtained from adaptec Literature Department MS 40 691 South Milpitas Blvd Milpitas CA 95035 Table of Contents Section Page T Inroducton arena 1 1 2 Installation ein rO ai 2 1 ASTIADOS SYS Installation era iia 2 1 Command Line Options 2 2 Advanced Command Line Options useessessseseesssssnensnenennnn 2 4 ASPIDISK SYS Installation ae 2 6 Command Line Options 2 6 AFDISK Installation oooooccoconononnoncocinecanones are 2 9 3 Software Considerations nu ana 4 Using Multiple Host AdapterS uoccnnonoconononunnnonnonanacanonnanannnos 4 1 5 Commonly Asked QuestiONS ooooccccoooooconconacononenonoconcnnanoronenos 5 1 6 Error Messages unid 6 1 ASW 1410 adaptec Section One Introduction
13. default value is port 330 Sets the slot number where the driver will find your AHA 1640 host adapter The valid slot values are 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 i e S3 If this option is not used the driver will scan the slots starting with slot one and use the first AHA 1640 that it finds This option will display useful information about the host adapter during boot see earlier example This option will enable support for SCSI logical units other than zero The driver can recognize all eight possible SCSI LUNs on each target If this option is not specified the driver will only recognize LUN 0 for each SCSI device This option will enable virtual mode buffering The driver will attempt to allocate a 64K virtual buffer from extended memory if no extended memory is available the driver will allocate 64K from main memory Do not use this option if the WM switch is used Virtual mode buffering is required for applications such as Windows 386 v2 x Virtual mode buffering is not required for MS Windows v 3 0 or later See section Software Considerations 2 3 adaptec Section Two Installation WM This option has the same function as the W option except that this will always allocate the 64K virtual buffer from main memory Do not use the W switch and the WM switch at the same time Use the WM switch if the W witch does not work or if no extended memory is available V This option will enable video buffering Th
14. e driver will attempt to allocate a 64K video buffer from extended memory if no extended memory is available the driver will allocate 64K from main memory Do not use this option if the VM switch is used Video buffering is required for applications or programs that write large amounts of data directly to video memory This switch is not required if using a AHA 154XB or AHA 1640 If used in conjunction with W or WM only a single 64K buffer will be allocated VM This option has the same function as the V option except that this will always allocate the 64K video buffer from main memory Do not use the V switch and the VM switch at the same time Use the VM switch if the V switch does not work or no extended memory is available If used in conjunction with W or WM only a single 64K buffer will be allocated ASW 1410 2 4 adaptec Section Two Installation ADVANCED COMMAND LINE OPTIONS X lt speed gt N lt bus on time gt F lt bus off time gt I ASW 1410 This option sets the AT Bus Master transfer speed of the AHA 154X host adapter only This option overrides the host adapter jumpers If this option is not used the speed will be determined by the jumpers on the host adapter Normally the host adapter is jumpered for 5 MBytes sec The hex value is what is sent directly to the AHA 154X during a Set Transfer Speed Opcode 9 command Five values are predefined 00 5 0 MB sec i e X00 01 6 7 M
15. e information of installed host adapters No Host Adapter exists The driver can not find any host adapter on the system through the ASPI manager ASPI Get Device Type failed The driver failed to issue ASPI Get Device Type command ASW 1410 6 3 adaptec Section Six Error Messages Failed to access SCSI device parameter SCSI drive either not formatted or bad The driver failed to read the BPB table of the first SCSI drive that is controlled by the driver This drive either has not been formatted or is bad Get DOS version failed The driver failed to get the DOS version Invalid DOS version DOS must be version 3 21 and above The current DOS version is older than 3 21 The driver does not support DOS versions older than 3 21 SCSI ID XX Read Capacity failed The driver failed to issue SCSI Read Capacity command on the specified drive Failed to read master boot record The driver failed to read the information from the master boot record The drive either has not been partitioned or is bad Failed to read boot record The driver failed to read the disk parameters The SCSI drive or cable might be bad Error issuing SCSI inquiry command The driver failed to issue SCSI Inquiry command to check the removable media No SCSI drives attached The driver can not find any SCSI drive attached on the system ASW 1410 6 4 adaptec Section Six Error Messages Failed to find any SCSI logical drives to sup
16. imit is 1 GByte per partition with DOS 4 0 or later How do I install a removable media drive A Removable media is supported by ASPI4DOS SYS and ASPIDISK SYS Use the following guidelines to install removable media 1 Change the SCSI ID of the removable media drive to 2 3 4 5 or 6 Consult the drive s manual for instructions 2 A low level format of the media may be necessary Format Utilities are available on the Adaptec BBS 3 Boot to DOS with a CONFIG SYS containing the ASPI Manager ASPI4DOS SYS 4 Partition the media with AFDISK EXE 5 Reboot for partitions to take effect ensure CONFIG SYS has ASPI4DOS SYS and ASPIDISK SYS loaded ASW 1410 5 2 adaptec Section Six Error Messages ASPI4DOS SYS Invalid entry for P setting You have entered an invalid P setting on the command line There are six valid port settings 334 330 234 230 134 and 130 i e P334 Invalid entry for N setting You have entered an invalid N setting on the command line You can only enter number 2 15 i e N10 This bus on time is entered in decimal This option is only valid for the AHA 154X Invalid entry for F setting You have entered an invalid F setting on the command line You can only enter numbers 1 64 i e F5 This bus off time is entered in decimal This option is only valid for the AHA 154X Invalid entry for X setting You have entered an invalid X setting on the command line Y
17. iver failed in its attempt to determine whether or not your host adapter supports scatter gather Make sure there are no hardware conflicts within your AT the host adapter s jumpers are set correctly and that the host adapter is securely inserted Failed to hard reset the host adapter The driver failed in its attempt to hard reset the host adapter Make sure there are no hardware conflicts within your AT the host adapter s jumpers are set correctly and that the host adapter is securely inserted Failed scanning for SCSI devices The driver failed scanning for devices on the SCSI bus Make sure that the SCSI bus is properly terminated ASW 1410 6 2 adaptec Section Six Error Messages Unable to find host adapter in POS registers No AHA 1640 host adapter was found in your system ASPI4DOS SYS Installation Failed This error message indicates that the ASPI driver was not loaded This message will generally be preceded by one of the aforementioned errors ASPIDISK SYS Unable to open ASPI manager The driver failed to access the ASPI4DOS SYS The ASPI4DOS SYS driver may not be installed Be sure that the ASPIDISK SYS driver is loaded after the ASPI4DOS SYS driver Command line argument is incorrect The driver can not get the correct command line argument Make sure that the value is valid and was specified correctly ASPI Host Adapter Inquiry failed The driver failed to issue ASPI host Adapter Inquiry command to get th
18. llow you to add or delete a DOS partition as well as delete a non DOS partition AFDISK partitions are installed with the ASPIDISK SYS driver AFDISK partitions are completely compatible with DOS partitions i e partitions created with DOS FDISK can later be installed with the ASPIDISK SYS driver The DOS version used must be 3 21 or newer ASW 1410 1 2 adaptec Section One Introduction ASPI4DOS SYS and ASPIDISK SYS are written to the ASPI Advanced SCSI Programming Interface This is a modular approach to writing SCSI device drivers Drivers are written to the ASPI interface instead of to the host adapter hardware The advantage is that a program need only be written once if the ASPI Manager for a particular host adapter is loaded it will work will all ASPI modules ASPI OPERATING SYSTEM SOFTWARE APPLICATION HARD DISK TAPE ASPIDISK SYS ASW 210 ASW 310 SYTOS SYTOS PLUS CD ROM ASW 410 DEVICE ASPICDRM SYS MODULES ASPI LAYER ASPI4DOS SYS ASPI2DOS SYS ASPISCSI ASPI SCSI MANAGER MANAGERS FOR OPERATING FUTURE SYSTEM HARDWARI DEPENDEND ASPI SCSI MANAGER FOR AHA 154X AHA 1640 ASPI SCSI MANAGER FOR AHA 152X ASW 1410 1 3 adaptec Section Two Installation The first installation step is to copy the files from the ASW 1410 program diskette to a directory on drive C using the DOS COPY command Note You might want to create a separate directory for the AFDISK files ASPI4DOS SYS INS
19. m Select SCSI Device to Partition HA 0 Target 0 CONNER CP3100 1 HA 0 Target 2 QUANTUM P405 940 Create Partition lt F1 gt Help Logical Drive Infc 64 heads SI Yes 32 sectors track he 40 cylinders 512 bytes sector Start Cylinder End Cylinder 40 megabytes 1406Ch blocks SESC E Si Use the down arrow key to select Yes and press the lt Enter gt key If additional partitions are desired hit the lt Insert gt key and repeat the instructions described above In the following example two partitions were created a 32 Megabyte partition and an 8 Megabyte partition Adaptec SCSI Utility v2 1 Tuesday September 18 1990 12 08 pm Select SCSI Device to Partition HA 0 Target 0 CONNER CP3100 1 HA 0 Target 2 QUANTUM P405 940 Logical Drive Info 64 heads 32 sectors track 40 cylinders 512 bytes sector 40 megabytes 1406Ch blocks lt Ins gt Create lt Del gt Delete lt F1 gt Help lt Esc gt Exit Press the lt Esc gt key to return to the Select SCSI Device to Partition screen Select any other valid SCSI drives to partition ASW 1410 2 12 adaptec Section Two Installation A drive that is being controlled by the host adapter BIOS cannot be partitioned with AFDISK If such a drive is selected the following screen will appear Adaptec SCSI Utility V2 1 Monday September 17 1990 4 34 pm Select SCSI Device to Partition HA 0 Target 0 CONNER CP3100 100mb 3 5
20. on If you add the D command line option to both drivers i e DEVICE ASPI4DOS SYS D DEVICE ASPIDISK SYS D the driver will display configuration information similar to AHA 154X 1640 ASPI Manager for DOS Version 2 1 Copyright 1990 Adaptec Inc SCSI ID O LUN O QUANTUM P40S 940 40 94xx SCSI ID 1 LUN 0 QUANTUM P40S 940 40 04xx SCSI ID 2 LUN O SyQuest S0555 SCSI ID 4 LUN O CONNER CP3040 40mb 3 5 I O Port Address 330 Interrupt Level 11 DMA Channel 5 Host Adapter SCSI ID 7 Debug Status 2 Int 13H active for drive C and D Int 13H routed through ASPI manager ASPI4DOS SYS Installation Successful ASPI Disk Driver for DOS Version 2 1 Copyright 1990 Adaptec Inc HA 0 SCSI ID 0 Handled by host adapter BIOS HA 0 SCSI ID 1 Handled by host adapter BIOS HA 0 SCSI ID 2 Removable media 2 logical drives E to F reserved HA 0 SCSI ID 4 Fixed Disk 3 logical drives G to I Host Adapter BIOS 64 head translation DOS version 3 30 2 SCSI disk drive s handled by ASPIDISK 5 Logical drive s installed ASPIDISK SYS Installation Successful ASW 1410 2 8 adaptec Section Two Installation AFDISK INSTALLATION Make sure that all the AFDISK support files are in the same directory as AFDISK EXE The files and their functions are listed below File Function AFDISK EXE SCSI disk partition and format utility PROGHLP HLP AFDISK HELP file SYS MSG DTA AFDISK system disk file SYS ERR
21. ou should enter a 2 character hex value i e X03 This option is only valid for the AHA 154X Unable to read configuration from 154x host adapter The driver failed in its attempt to get the host adapter s configuration settings his error will only occur with the AHA 154X Make sure there are no hardware conflicts within your PC the host adapter s jumpers are set correctly and that the host adapter is securely inserted ASW 1410 6 1 adaptec Section Six Error Messages Unable to set Bus Master transfer rate The driver failed in its attempt to set the host adapter s Bus Master DMA transfer rate This error will only occur with the AHA 154X Make sure there are no hardware conflicts within your PC the host adapter s jumpers are set correctly and that the host adapter is securely inserted Unable to set bus on off timing The driver failed in its attempt to set the host adapter s bus on or bus off time This error will only occur with the AHA 154X Make sure there are no hardware conflicts within your AT the host adapter s jumpers are set correctly and that the host adapter is securely inserted Unable to initialize host adapter mailboxes The driver failed in its attempt to initialize the host adapter s mailbox base address Make sure there are no hardware conflicts within your AT the host adapter s jumpers are set correctly and that the host adapter is securely inserted Failed checking for scatter gather mode The dr
22. pacity available The number of SCSI logical blocks is also displayed ASW 1410 2 10 adaptec Section Two Installation The existing partitions on the drive will be displayed on the upper right hand corner of the screen Both DOS and non DOS partitions can be deleted by pressing the lt Delete gt key and answering yes to the prompt In this example no partitions exist To create a partition press the lt Insert gt key The screen will look similar to Adaptec SCSI Utility V2 1 Monday September 18 1990 4 32 pm INE un RENE CIRIO SR ORCOS RARER Type End Select SCSI Device to Partitio HA 0 Target 0 CONNER CP3100 HA 0 Target 2 QUANTUM P405 940 Logical Drive Info heads sectors track cylinders bytes sector megabytes 1406Ch blocks A Create a DOS Partition window will appear in the lower right hand corner of the screen The Start Cylinder and End Cylinder will default to the maximum allowed For DOS 3 3x the limit is 32 Megabytes per partition and for DOS 4 0x and newer the limit is 1 gigabyte per partition In this example DOS 3 3 is used so the Start Cylinder is 0 and the End Cylinder is 31 These values can be changed AFDISK will not allow illegal values to be entered ASW 1410 2 11 adaptec Section Two Installation When the desired cylinder numbers have been entered press the lt Esc gt key The screen will look similar to Adaptec SCSI Utility v2 1 Monday September 18 1990 4 33 p
23. port The driver can not find any logical drives to be handled The drive that is not controlled by host adapter BIOS may not have been formatted WARNING Maximum number of logical drives reached Driver can only support up to 26 logical drives There are too many logical drives on the attached SCSI drives that cause the total number of logical drives on the system to be 26 the maximum number that can be handled by DOS The data on the logical drives not installed is not lost however the data will not be available until sufficient logical drives are made available ASPIDISK SYS is NOT installed This message will be shown with the other error messages mentioned above to indicate that the loading of the driver has been aborted due to the error Not ready error reading drive This error message is issued by DOS after the user tried to access the dummy logical drive reserved by the driver Just type a to abort it General failure error reading drive Abort Retry Fail This error message is issued by DOS after the user tried to access the removable media whose block size is not equal to 512 bytes block ASW 1410 6 5 adaptec adaptec STOCK NO 510109 00 Rev C TH 11 90 691 south milpitas blvd e milpitas ca 95035 e 408 945 8600 Printed in singapore
24. roduction ASPIDISK SYS ASPIDISK SYS and AFDISK are used to partition a SCSI disk drive that is not installed under the host adapter BIOS A drive will not be installed under the host adapter BIOS if the host adapter BIOS is disabled more than two hard disk drives are already installed the SCSI ID is something other than 0 or 1 Removable media hard disks should only be installed with the ASPIDISK SYS driver and not with the host adapter BIOS If the removable media hard disk is installed under the host adapter BIOS do not remove the media or unpredictable results may occur and data may be lost Only media with 512 bytes per sector is supported If no AFDISK partitions are found ASPIDISK SYS will not install However if a removable media hard disk is found and not installed under the BIOS a minimum of one logical drive will be reserved If only a total of two or less hard drives is in the system e g two standard hard disks one standard hard disk and one SCSI hard disk or two SCSI hard disks ASPIDISK SYS is not needed ASPIDISK SYS can be loaded in the CONFIG SYS because it will not install and take up memory unless AFDISK partitions are found Do not be concerned that ASPIDISK SYS does not load if it is known that no AFDISK partitions exist AFDISK EXE AFDISK EXE is an Adaptec SCSI disk partitioning utility SCSI disks not installed under the host adapter BIOS must be partitioned with AFDISK AFDISK will a
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