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5. MS-DOS Driver Installation
ASPI Disk Driver Command Line Options
INIDISK.SYS is a DOS block device driver for supporting SCSI fixed disks,
removable disks and MO devices. INIDISK.SYS is automatically loaded in
CONFIG.SYS start up file by the ASUS DOSSETUP or SETUP programs.
INIDISK.SYS requires that the ASUS ASPI Manager be loaded. INIDISK.SYS
can be loaded with either the DEVICE= or DEVICEHIGH= command.
INICD.SYS can be found on the PCI-SIU2 DRIVER DISK 1. 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 me-
dia 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) parti-
tions 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 at-
tached 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 com-
mand will be aborted and an appropriate error message will be
displayed. The time out value is specified in minutes. Valid val-
ues 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:
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/T4
/Td
/TD
/T1
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