Example: Using The Asw Software For The Cdrom; Example: Using Corelscsi For The Cdrom - ICP RS Series User Manual

Icp controllers of the rs & rz series 32/64 bit 33/66 mhz pci ultra160 scsi raid controllers
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At this point we presume that the CDROM drive has been properly connected to the ICP
Controller. This includes that the SCSI-ID and the SCSI bus terminators are set in accor-
dance with the settings of the already existing SCSI devices (i. e., the SCSI-ID chosen for the
CDROM drive is not occupied by another device; resistor terminators are located only at
the two ends of the SCSI bus).
D.5.1 Example: Using the ASW Software for the CDROM
The important lines in both files are printed bold.
CONFIG.SYS
device=c:\windows\himem.sys
device=gdtx000.exe
files=30
buffers=30
stacks=9,256
dos=high,umb
shell=\COMMAND.COM /E:512 /P
device=\dos\setver.exe
device=\gdt\gdtaspi.exe
device=\aspi\aspicd.sys /D:CDROM
lastdrive=h
AUTOEXEC.BAT
path=c:\;c:\dos;c:\gdt;c:\aspi;
prompt $P -$G
doskey
c:\aspi\mscdex /D:CDROM
The GDTX000.EXE driver is loaded from the first line following the HIMEM.SYS command
of the CONFIG.SYS file. Loading the SETVER driver (part of MS-DOS) allows older versions
of Microsoft's CDROM translation program MSCDEX (loaded from AUTOEXEC.BAT) to run
trouble-free with the MS-DOS version currently installed. The next line loads the ICP ASPI
Manager GDTASPI.EXE. Next, the ASPICD module for the CDROM drive is loaded. The pa-
rameter "/D:CDROM" has nothing to do with a drive name, it only serves as a recognition
information for MSCDEX. As mentioned before, it is our objective to be able to access the
CDROM drive with a drive name (i.e. E). Naturally, this drive name has to be "free", and
there have to be enough drive names available. For example, the DOS command
LASTDRIVE=H would enable the user to use drive names from A to H. In the
AUTOEXEC.BAT file, the Microsoft translation program for CDROMs (MSCDEX - Microsoft
CDROM Extension) is loaded. It is not part of MS-DOS (except for version 6). The parameter
/D:CDROM set here has to be identical to the parameter set after the ASPICD module in the
CONFIG.SYS file. After a warm reboot which serves to activate the changes made in the
CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files, the CDROM drive can be accessed as drive E (in our
example there are two SCSI hard disks in the PCI computer, and under MS-DOS they are
accessed as C and D). Drive E can be accessed under Windows, too, now (the Icon next to
"E" indicates that it is a CDROM drive).
D.5.2 Example: Using corelSCSI for the CDROM
When using the corelSCSI software, the installation is carried out by a program (install) so
that the changes in the files CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT mentioned below are, to a
large extent, made automatically. Under corelSCSI the SCSI/FAST-SCSI channels of the ICP
Controller are available as independent host adapters. The important lines in both files are
printed bold.
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