Using The Mass Storage Module (Hard Drive); Booting From The Msm; Storage Capacity; Storage Suggestions - Data I/O UniSite-xpi User Manual

11. Using the Mass Storage Module (Hard Drive)

Booting from the
MSM

Storage Capacity

Storage Suggestions

Limitations

UniSite-xpi User Manual
The Mass Storage Module (MSM) is an internal hard drive installed in
UniSite-xpi. The Mass Storage Module allows you to store system and
algorithm files in the programmer, which can speed up the start-up and
disk access routines.
After installing the system software on the MSM (see "Update System
Software" on page 2-24), you can boot directly from the MSM by doing
the following:
1. Make sure that drive A is empty.
2. Reboot or powerup UniSite-xpi.
When UniSite-xpi boots up and does not find a disk in drive A, it boots
using the system software located on your MSM.
The MSM is partitioned into 4 logical drives, with specifications as
follows:
Storage Maximum
Drive Space No. of Files
C 31 MB 512
D 31 MB 512
H 7 MB 320
I 10 MB 320
Drives C and D are reserved for user data and drives H and I are reserved
for system use. Despite the fact that drives H and I can be written to and
read from, we STRONGLY suggest you use only C and D to store your
data.
Other than the file operations listed below, drives C and D on the MSM
can be used for all file operations that can be done with a floppy drive:
File Operation Comments
Format Disk Format only C and D. Formatting H or I will render
your programmer inoperative until you restore the
system software from floppy.
Duplicate Disk Drives C, D, H, and I cannot be duplicated using the
Duplicate Disk command.
2. Setup and Installation
Data Type
User data
User data
System data
System data
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