=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ADAPTEC EZ-SCSI OEM 3.03L =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Welcome to Adaptec EZ-SCSI OEM 3.03L =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= The following information is available in this README file: 1. Upgrade Information 2. New Features 3. CD-ROM Drive Support 4. ASPI for Windows 5. Floptical Support 6. ASPIBUF.SYS 7. SMARTDRV 5.0 and XA formatted CDs 8. ASPI8DOS.SYS Information 9. Troubleshooting/Limitations =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 1. Upgrade Information =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- You are using an OEM version of Adaptec EZ-SCSI which gives you everything you need to install your SCSI host adapter, SCSI disk, CD-ROM, magneto- optical, and floptical drives. In addition, an EZ-SCSI upgrade is avail- able that would give you the following additional features to maximize use of your SCSI peripherals. o Windows Installation Utility o Windows SCSI Tape Backup Utility o Windows Photo CD Viewer o Windows SCSI Tutorial o Windows SCSI Interrogator o Windows CD-Players o HP Scanner Driver o DOS CD-Player o DOS Removable Media Lock/Unlock/Eject Utility o Microsoft CD-ROM Extensions (MSCDEX) To upgrade to the standard version of Adaptec EZ-SCSI for $29, call Adaptec at one of the following numbers: Software Ordering (U.S.A. and Canada) (800) 442-7274 M-F: 6:00am to 5:00pm Pacific Standard Time International Software Ordering (408) 957-7274 M-F: 6:00am to 5:00pm Pacific Standard Time =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 2. New Features =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Adaptec EZ-SCSI OEM 3.03L features enhancements including: o Additional CD-ROM support (including LUN/jukebox support) o 1024 bytes/sector support added to ASPIDISK.SYS and AFDISK.EXE o Floptical support added to ASPIDISK.SYS o Volume serial ID support added to ASPIDISK.SYS for removable media o VASPID.386 has been rewritten to allow TimerCriticalSection=xxxx to be specified in your SYSTEM.INI o ASPIBUF.SYS added (see below) o * PCI host adapter support o ** AHA-1530P/1532P "Plug and Play" support * New to Adaptec EZ-SCSI 3.01 ** New to Adaptec EZ-SCSI 3.02 The following Adaptec SCSI Host Adapters are fully supported: ISA Bus ------- o Adaptec AVA-1505 o Adaptec AVA-1515 o Adaptec AHA-1510/1520/1522 o Adaptec AHA-1510A/1520A/1522A o Adaptec AHA-1530P/1532P o Adaptec AIC-6260 or AIC-6360 based SCSI host adapters o Adaptec AHA-1540B/1542B o Adaptec AHA-1540C/1542C o Adaptec AHA-1540CF/1542CF Microchannel Bus ---------------- o Adaptec AHA-1640 EISA Bus -------- o Adaptec AHA-1740/1742/1744 o Adaptec AHA-1740A/1742A o Adaptec AHA-2740/2742/2740T/2742T o Adaptec AHA-2740A/2742A/2740AT/2742AT o Adaptec AHA-2740W/2742W o Adaptec AIC-7770 based SCSI host adapters VL Bus ------ o Adaptec AVA-2820/2822/2825 o Adaptec AHA-2840VL/2842VL PCI Bus ------- o Adaptec AHA-2940 o Adaptec AHA-2940W o Adaptec AIC-7870 based SCSI host adapters =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 3. CD-ROM Drive Support =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= The following drives have been tested by Adaptec with Adaptec EZ-SCSI 3.03. All drives support both audio and data. Photo CD is supported where indicated: Firm- Name Model ware SCSI Photo CD ---- ----- ----- ---- -------- Compaq CDU561-31 1.8I 2 multisession CDU6611-31 1.8B 2 multisession Chinon * CDS 431 H48 1 single-session CDS 435 M62 1 single-session CDS 535 Q08 2 multisession Denon * DRD 253 V 1 single-session Hitachi CDR 1750S 12 1 single-session CDR 3750 4 1 single-session CDR 6750 0005 2 multisession CDR 1950S 0005 2 multisession IBM Internal CD-ROM 2443 2 multisession Enhanced CD-ROM II 0893 2 multisession LMS (Philips) * CM 214 .12 1 single-session CM 215 .13 2 multisession NEC CDR 38 1 2 multisession ** CDR 55JD 1 1 multisession * CDR 72 E 1 single-session CDR 73 1.2 1 single-session * CDR 74 1 1 single-session CDR 74 1.0a 1 single-session CDR 74-1 1 2 multisession * CDR 84 1 1 single-session CDR 84 1.0a 1 single-session CDR 84-1 1 2 multisession ** CDR 210 1.0 1 multisession CDR 210P 1.0 1 multisession MultiSpin 3X 1.0 2 multisession CDR 500 1.0 2 multisession CDR 510 1.0 2 multisession MultiSpin 4X 2.5A 2 multisession CDR 900 2.5A 2 multisession Panasonic/ 501 family 1.0B/C 1 single-session Matsushita CR 503 1.0A 2 multisession CR 532 2.0A 2 multisession CR 532 2.5A 2 single-session CR 533 1.1a 2 multisession LK-MC501S 1 1 single-session Philips CDD-BK01 / IMS CCD-463 0.00 2 multisession Pioneer *** DRM 600 806 1 single-session *** DRM 604X 2403 2 multisession Plextor/Texel Shinaken 3021 1.04 1 single-session Shinaken 5021 1.04 1 single-session DM 5021 1.04 1 single-session DM 3024 1.10 2 multisession DM 5024 1.10 2 multisession DM 3028 3.00 2 multisession DM 5028 3.00 2 multisession Sanyo CRD 400E 1.31 2 multisession CRD 400I 1.31 2 multisession Sony CDU 541-01 2.6A 1 single-session CDU 561 1.8K 2 multisession CDU 561-31 1.8i 2 multisession CDU 6211-10 2.6A 1 single-session TEAC CD 50 1 2 multisession Toshiba XM 3101BME 3232 1 no TXM 3201A1 3332 1 single-session XM 3301B 272 2 single-session XM 3401B 283 2 multisession TM 3301E 2162 2 multisession TX 3401B 2 2 multisession XM 4101B 2893 2 multisession * These drives do not directly support Photo CD. However, by adding /XAEMUL to the ASPICD.SYS command line, in your CONFIG.SYS, we will emulate support for single-session Photo CD on these drives. ** These drives do not support parity. Please consult the troubleshooting section of the users manual for information on using these drives. *** These jukebox CD-ROM drives are fully supported. A drive letter will be assigned for each CD. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 4. ASPI for Windows =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= If you would like to run "ASPI for Windows" applications (e.g. Arcada Backup, Central Point Backup, The Norton Backup etc.), you should copy the files WINASPI.DLL and VASPID.386 to your Windows' SYSTEM subdirectory. These two files will be decompressed when you run Adaptec EZ-SCSI. For example: copy c:\scsi\winaspi.dll c:\windows\system copy c:\scsi\vaspid.386 c:\windows\system del c:\scsi\winaspi.dll del c:\scsi\vaspid.386 NOTE: NO changes are required to any of your .INI files. Simply copy these two files to your Windows' SYSTEM subdirectory. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 5. Floptical Support =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ASPIDISK.SYS has been modified to support Insite and IOMega floptical drives. For those of you already familiar with ASPIDISK.SYS and AFDISK.EXE, using floptical drives is a bit different. Do NOT use AFDISK.EXE to format media inserted in your floptical drive. You can use SCSIFMT.EXE to low-level format the media if necessary. To do a DOS format of your media, simply insert the media into the floptical drive and run the DOS FORMAT utility (run EZ-SCSI first). =-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 6. ASPIBUF.SYS =-=-=-=-=-=-=-= The ISA bus is limited to 24 bits of address. 2^24 = 16 MBytes. What does this mean? It means that an ISA card that uses DMA cannot physically access memory beyond 16 MBytes of RAM. This is a limitation of the ISA bus. The 16 MByte issue is not a limitation with PCI cards, EISA cards, VL cards, or PIO cards. It is only an issue with an ISA card that uses DMA such as the AHA-1540/1542. ASPIBUF.SYS is an ASPI double-buffering driver that you load immediately after ASPI4DOS.SYS (e.g. before ASPICD.SYS, ASPIDISK.SYS, etc.). It, along with ASPI4DOS.SYS, must both be loaded low before EMM386 (or QEMM, 386MAX, etc.). It intercepts ASPI and INT 13h commands and double- buffers both so that these data transfers occur within the first 16 MBytes of RAM. ASPIBUF.SYS is intelligent enough to not double-buffer if the ASPI or INT 13h buffer is already within the first 16 MBytes of RAM. It is only designed to work with ASPIDISK.SYS, ASPICD.SYS, and INT 13h commands. Other ASPI drivers and/or applications may or may not work. ASPI FOR WINDOWS APPLICATIONS (E.G. SHOWSCSI.EXE) WILL BE DISABLED ONCE THIS DRIVER IS LOADED. By default, ASPIBUF.SYS will allocate a 16K buffer for double-buffering. You can specify the size (2K-64K) by using the size= command line switch. For example: device=c:\scsi\aspi4dos.sys /d device=c:\scsi\aspibuf.sys /size=8 device=c:\scsi\aspidisk.sys /d =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 7. 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 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 8. ASPI8DOS.SYS Information =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= The driver ASPI8DOS.SYS was added after the user's manual went to print. For information on the available command line switches, refer to the ASPI7DOS.SYS section of your user's manual. ASPI8DOS.SYS uses the same switches that ASPI7DOS.SYS does. ASPI8DOS.SYS supports the following PCI SCSI host adapters: Adaptec AHA-2940 Adaptec AHA-2940W Adaptec AIC-7870 based SCSI host adapters =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 9. Troubleshooting/Limitations =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= o If you have an Adaptec PCI SCSI host adapter installed in your system, and EZ-SCSI for DOS does not detect your host adapter, try running EZ-SCSI with the /pci command line switch. For example: a: ezscsi /pci Note that if your system has EMM386.EXE loaded, from MS-DOS versions up to 6.2, your system might hang when using the /pci switch. This has been fixed in MS-DOS 6.21 and later. If you experience this problem, you should not load EMM386.EXE when running EZ-SCSI for DOS. The same applies to SCSIFMT.EXE. EZ-SCSI for Windows does not exhibit this problem and should find your Adaptec PCI SCSI Host Adapter regardless of your PCI system and whether or not you have EMM386.EXE loaded. ASPI8DOS.SYS can be loaded high. However, due to the EMM386.EXE problem mentioned above, some PCI systems will hang if loading ASPI8DOS.SYS after EMM386.EXE. If you experience this problem, you will either need to load ASPI8DOS.SYS before EMM386.EXE, or upgrade to MS-DOS 6.21 or later. Other ASPI modules (e.g. ASPICD.SYS) can continue to be loaded high. 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.