Software For Dos; The Dos Manager - Adaptec AHA-1520 User Manual

Chapter Four Software for DOS
This chapter tells you how to install Adaptec's ASW-1210 ASPI software for the
DOS operating system and the AHA-1520/1522 host adapter. The software
comprises a DOS manager, a hard disk driver, and a disk partitioning utility.
This chapter covers these major topics:
• an overview of the software
• how to configure and load the DOS manager
• how to configure and load the hard disk driver
• how to use the disk partitioning utility
• understanding and resolving errors
SOFIWARE OVERVIEW
The components of the ASW-1210 software are:
• ASPI2DOS (DOS manager)
• ASPIDISK
(hard
disk driver)
• AFDISK (partitioning utility)
Each of these programs is discussed separately in the following sections.
The DOS Manager
ASPI2DOS is a program that DOS can load at startup time and then use automati-
cally to communicate with the AHA-1520/1522 and to access SCSI devices
connected to the host adapter. You need to have DOS load ASPI2DOS in the
following situations:
• You change any default host adapter jumper settings.
• More than two hard disks are installed in your system.
• You have a SCSI drive with a SCSI ID other than 0 or 1.
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