=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ADAPTEC EZ-SCSI 3.04L for IBM =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Welcome to Adaptec EZ-SCSI 3.04L for IBM =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= The following information is available in this README file: 1. SETUP Command Line Options 2. SMARTDRV 5.0 and XA formatted CDs 3. Troubleshooting/Limitations 4. EZ-SCSI Installation 5. SCSI ID Setting 6. Hard Disk Partitions 7. OS/2 Device Driver (AHA152X.ADD) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 1. SETUP Command Line Options =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= There are a couple of command line options that are available with the Windows version of EZ-SCSI (SETUP.EXE): Option: noctl3d Example: a:\setup noctl3d Description: EZ-SCSI for Windows uses a Dynamic Link Library (DLL) called CTL3D.DLL that gives its dialog boxes the 3-D gray-box look. This command line options disables the loading of this DLL. Note that EZ-SCSI defaults to not loading this DLL if you are using Central Point's Desktop (e.g. PC Tools for Windows 1.0). Option: noscan Example: a:\setup noscan Description: By default, EZ-SCSI will automatically scan your hardware for SCSI host adapters and SCSI devices. In the unlikely event that this fails, we've provided an override switch that instructs EZ-SCSI to NOT scan for hardware. It will simply decompress the files on to your hard disk. You would then need to manually edit your CONFIG.SYS and/or AUTOEXEC.BAT. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 2. SMARTDRV 5.0 and XA formatted CDs =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SMARTDRV 5.0 (in MS-DOS 6.2, Windows for Workgroups 3.11) now includes caching for CD-ROM drives. There is a problem with SMARTDRV in its support for XA formatted Compact Discs. If you experience "Not Ready" errors, using SMARTDRV 5.0, add /E:2048 to your SMARTDRV command line. For example: C:\DOS\SMARTDRV /X /E:2048 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 3. Troubleshooting/Limitations =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= o EZ-SCSI for Windows (SETUP.EXE) will not load it's 3-D look DLL (CTL3D.DLL) if you are using Central Point PC Tools for Windows Desktop. The installation will still proceed without any loss of functionality. o You should install Adaptec EZ-SCSI to a drive letter that exists at boot time. This would NOT include RAM drives, network drives, removable drives, etc. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 4. EZ-SCSI Installation =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- SCSI devices such as hard disk drive or CD-ROM drive installed in or connected to Dock II, can be operational immediately upon warm/hot docking/undocking, by using the SCSI support software which comes with the Dock II. To enjoy all the benefits of this capability, you first need to turn on and connect all the SCSI devices, which you want to use, to the Dock II. Then install and setup the SCSI software appropriately with those devices. You may dock and undock as needed, once you setup the SCSI support software with all of them. To setup SCSI support software 1. Turn off the ThinkPad. 2. Dock the ThinkPad to the Dock II. 3. Attach all the SCSI devices to the Dock II correctly. For SCSI device settings and installation, please refer to "Chapter 5. Using the SCSI Controller" in the Dock II User's Guide. 4. Turn on the ThinkPad. 5. Run EZ-SCSI program for SCSI software installation. Please refer to "Appendix B. Using the SCSI Support Software" in the Dock II User's Guide for EZ-SCSI installation. 6. Reboot the system to activate the new setting. Now the drive letters (E:, F:, etc.) for your SCSI devices are always reserved regardless of docking state. Those drive letters are "not ready" when the ThinkPad is stand-alone. When you warm or hot dock the ThinkPad to the Dock II, the drives become ready to use. Every time you added any 'NEW' SCSI device, you have to run EZ-SCSI setup program again so that the SCSI software recognize the device. Note 1) SCSI hard disk drives are not treated as 'fixed' disk drive but removable media like a diskette or a Magneto-Optical disk to support warm/hot dock. You may get the following message when you are trying to access to the disk while undocked: "Insert a media to drive D:" The icons for those drives may change to one for a removable media in DOS SHELL or File Manager in Windows. 2) SCSI hot and warm docking/undocking feature is realized with ASPI8IBM.SYS device driver. This driver is upward compatible with Adaptec ASPI8DOS.SYS driver. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 5. SCSI ID Setting =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SCSI ID 0 should not be used for any hard disk if you take advantage of warm and hot dock/undock features. SCSI ID 0 is reserved for the boot (startup) device and if the system started up with the SCSI drive, the system must be turned off prior to undock. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 6. Hard Disk Partitions =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= If you made two or more partitions in the SCSI hard disk drives, you need to add /R option in ASPIDISK.SYS line in CONFIG.SYS. (/D is automatically set by EZ-SCSI installation program.) DEVICE=C:\SCSI\ASPIDISK.SYS /D /R where is the maximum number of partitions in each hard disk drive. For example, if you have two SCSI disks and each disks are partitioned into four and three partitions each, then your CONFIG.SYS will be as follows: DEVICE=C:\SCSI\ASPIDISK.SYS /D /R4 With this option, four logical drive will be reserved for each hard disk drive. If the drive letters for SCSI drives starts from D:, the assignment will be as follows: D:, E:, F:, G: for first disk drive (four partitions) H:, I:, J:, K: for second disk drive (three partitions) In this case, the last K: drive will not be used actually since the second drive has only three partitions. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 7. OS/2 Device Driver (AHA152X.ADD) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= OS/2 SCSI device driver for the Dock II SCSI controller (AHA152X.ADD) in the OS/2 version 2.1 or version 2.11 might cause some problem with CD-ROM and MO drives. The newer version of the device driver is available in the Dock II Option Diskette. Please update your system with the following procedures. 1. Open an OS/2 or DOS command prompt. 2. Change directory to x:\OS2, where x: is the drive letter which OS/2 is installed. 3. Insert the Dock II Option Diskette into the diskette drive. 4. Type 'COPY A:\AHA152X.ADD' and press Enter. 5. Shutdown OS/2 and restart the system. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Trademarks and Service Marks =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= The following terms are trademarks or service marks of the IBM Corporation in the United States or other countries: IBM ThinkPad OS/2 The following terms are trademarks of other companies as follows: Adaptec Adaptec, Inc. EZ-SCSI Adaptec, Inc. Windows Microsoft Corporation Windows for Workgroups Microsoft Corporation MS-DOS Microsoft Corporation