The Icp Aspi Manager Gdtaspi.exe - ICP RS Series User Manual

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=c:\corel\cuni_asp.sys /ID:6 /HAN:0 /N:1 /D:MSCD000
lastdrive=h
AUTOEXEC.BAT
path=c:\;c:\dos;c:\gdt;c:\aspi;
c:\corel\corelcdx /M:8 /D:MSCD000
The first line following the HIMEM.SYS command of the CONFIG.SYS file loads the
GDTX000.EXE. The next line loads the ICP ASPI Manager GDTASPI.EXE. Next, the corel
ASPI Module for the CDROM drive is loaded. The parameter "/D:MSCD000" has nothing to
do with a drive name, it only serves as recognition information for CORELCDX. As men-
tioned 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 has to be enough drive names
available. For example, the command LASTDRIVE=H would enable the user to use drive
names from A to H under DOS. In the AUTOEXEC.BAT file, the corel translation program for
CDROMs, CORELCDX, is loaded. The parameter /D:MSCD000 set here has to be identical to
the parameter set after the ASPI 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 ac-
cessed under Windows, too, now (the Icon next to "E" indicates that it is a CDROM drive).
Information on the various CDROM drives which can be used can be obtained directly from
Corel.
D.6 The ICP ASPI Manager GDTASPI.EXE
The ICP ASPI Manager GDTASPI.EXE allows you not only to run Not Direct Access Devices (e.g.,
CDROMs, tapes, MODs etc.), but to control hard disks and removable hard disks, too (the
so-called Direct Access Devices). These devices are then no longer controlled by ICPCON but
exclusively by the ASPI interface. The advantage is evident, in particular with regard to re-
movable hard disks. When using an appropriate ASPI module to access these removable
hard disks, for example ASPIDISK.SYS or UNI_ASP.SYS from Corel, you can exchange the
media of these drives under DOS without having to use ICPCON. To the ASPI interface, the
ICP Controller appears as one host-adapter. If there are more SCSI controllers (even if from
various manufacturers) in the system and corresponding ASPI managers have been in-
stalled in the CONFIG.SYS file, you can determine a controller's host adapter number by
using the ICP program ASPISCAN.EXE. In order to exclude that a Direct Access Device is run
directly from the ICP Controller, it has to be reserved for the ASPI interface control. To do
so, certain parameters have to be specified when the ICP ASPI manager is loaded:
DEVICE=GDTASPI.EXE /R:Hx1Iy1[:Hx2Iy2:Hx3Iy3 ...]
H:
I:
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host adapter number
SCSI ID of the SCSI device to be reserved