NOV-10-1994 ************* 1. DOS Driver V2.00 ************* WBIDE.EXE [Options] (A) The WBIDE.EXE is two in one exectional program: A DOS Device Driver and a Configuration Utility. 1) A Device Driver on DOS. To edit the line - DEVICE=[d:\path\]WBIDE.EXE [/T[:nn]] [/S] [/L] [/C] into the CONFIG.SYS file, and reboot the DOS. [Note]: The WBIDE.EXE driver will detect automatically for the IDE disk configuration data: Xfer-bit & best multiple sector. Thoes parameters are used only when a trouble was encounted. The parameters, [/T[:nn]] [/S] [/L] and [/C] are optional. Please specify the parameters only when needed. [/T[:nn]] parameter to specified the maximum time for waiting the 17x disk is ready. If no /T is specified means is fastest. nn is decimal number in seconds for waiting, from 1 to 99. If nn is not specified the default is 23 seconds. [/S] parameter is selected to indicate the WBIDE.EXE does not use the "multiple sector read/write" functions to access all IDE disks. [/L] parameter is selected to indicate the WBIDE.EXE does use 16-bit data transfer between IDE disks and CPU. [/C] parameter is valid only when WBIDE BIOS was existed. It is selected to indicate the WBIDE.EXE to replace WBIDE BIOS functions. If WBIDE BIOS was present, the WBIDE.EXE will not work unless the parameter [/C] was specified. 2) A Configuration Utility on DOS. To run the WBIDE.EXE directly on the DOS prompt - d:\> [d:\path\]WBIDE.EXE (B) Functional Description: 1) WBIDE DOS Device Driver supply W83C759 and W83C759A VL-IDE Accelerators. It may support up to four IDE disks, two are 1FXH I/O port address and another two are 17XH I/O port address. The IDE disks, where are attached into 17XH port connector, do not specify CYL/HD/SECT parameters in ROM BIOS SETUP. The WBIDE.EXE Device Driver will detect automatically the CYL/HD/SECT value of HDDs which were attached into 17XH connector. 2) WBIDE DOS Device Driver also support LBA mode HDDs, it can access the data above 512MB area of HDDs. * HDDs connected into 1FXH primary connector: You should setup the HDD with LBA mode thru mainboard BIOS first, because WBIDE always consistent with BIOS SETUP to ensure same HDD's address from DOS access. * HDDs connected into 17XH secondary connector: WBIDE will detect automatically the normal/LBA addressing mode of HDD that had been setup to access before. 3) WBIDE Configuration Utility will show you the current configuration of IDE disks. (C) Histories of Release: ***) 1.00-04, 08-23-1993 First release. ***) 1.10-00, 10-26-1993 a.) To support [/C], [/L] and [/S] parameters. b.) To support up to four IDE disks. ***) 1.20-00, 11-25-1993 a.) To support setup function on device driver. b.) To support configuration utility. c.) To solve the disk number conflict with SCSI BIOS. ***) 1.21-00, 01-17-1994 a.) To solve INT 77H interrupt handler conflict with Artop SCSI BIOS. ***) 1.22-00, 04-12-1994 a.) To support [/T:nn] parameter to specify the maximum wating time limitation for detect 17xH port disk is ready. [Note]: If 17xH port is not connected any disks, the specified maximum time will be wait. b.) To solve logical drives in 17X port disks can not format. c.) To solve a bug when Enhance-386 is ON in Windows 3.1. ***) 1.23-00, 05-14-1994 a.) To solve IBM H3256-A3 and Maxtor 7213AT cannot use 32-bit and mutiple sectors access in some conditions. ***) 1.24-00/1.25-00, 06-05-1994 a.) To solve WBIDE and DBLSPACE run both under MS-DOS 6.x that will have incorrectly data when the 1st logical drive at 170H's HDD be accessed. ***) 1.26-00, 09-16-1994 a.) To solve WBIDE work with STACKER 3.0 will make the system hang up at DOS booting time. b.) To solve WBIDE work on ADI 80MHz CPU mainboard will make keyboard do not work in the sometimes. ***) 1.27-00, 10-07-1994 a.) To compatible with mainboard BIOS HDD Large mode setup for the HDDs connect into primary channel (1FxH port). [NOTE]: The fully LBA mode support for all HDDs on primary (1Fx) and secondary (17X) channel will be ready at V2.00 soon. ***) 1.28-00, 10-18-1994 a.) To solve if extended partition entry present before bootable partition entry in partition table, the bootable partition can't be found. b.) V1.27 is HDD Large mode compatible only. V1.28 is both HDD LBA mode and Large mode compatible. It is only for HDDs connected into primary channel(1Fx port). c.) To compatible with Windows Driver V1.20 ***) 2.00-00, 10-28-1994 a.) To supply W83C759 and W83C759A VL-IDE Accelerators both. W83C759A supports timing programable registers. b.) To support LBA address mode of HDDs and consist with ROM BIOS SETUP. [IMPORTANT]: A Consideration between normal mode and LBA mode: * When you use a mode, either normal or LBA, to PARTITION(FDISK) HDDs, you need use this mode to access HDD always, don't try to change the HDD address mode, that ensure the correct data and files can be accessed at any time and any PCs. (D) Troubles Shooting: 1) When you specify DoubleSpace device driver of DOS 6.X and WBIDE.EXE both at the CONFIG.SYS file, you should put the WBIDE.EXE 1st before the DoubleSpace device driver be set. DEVICE=WBIDE.EXE DEVICE=DBLSPACE.SYS 2) Any hard disks you used with LBA mode setup, you need connect the HDDs into 1Fx-primary channel. I strongly suggest you if you use LBA mode to set up you HDDs and you need access the same HDD on a non LBA mode supported environmant, please build it into only one partition with FDISK, that to prevent the 2nd partition did not found by DOS during in HDD LBA mode supported and unsupported. 3) If you use Award mainboard BIOS, the date before 8-22-1994, please don't setup HDDs into LARGE mode, just use normal or LBA mode. ************** 2. Windows 3.1 ************** There are three files in subdirectory WINDRV: WBIDE.386 TRMINT13.386 INSTALL.EXE You should install Windows 3.1 first. And then run INSTALL.EXE in the subdirectory WINDRV in Windows' File Manager, it will install Windows 3.1 driver WBIDE.386 automatically. -OR- You can refer README.TXT in subdirectory WINDRV to install Windows 3.1 driver WBIDE.386 by yourself. [NOTE] Before you execute Windows 3.1 with WBIDE.386 Driver, the DOS device driver - WBIDE.EXE must be run first. ***************** 3. Netware driver ***************** (A) Netware V2.15 and V2.2 Label this diskette as DSK_DRV_003 and follow the installation procedure of Netware (B) Netware V3.1X At server prompt load NWIDE31X then select the proper IO port and interrupt number option supportted /CS force master IDE drive to be single sector access /DS force slave IDE drive to be single sector access (C) Netware 4.00 Follow the Netware 4.00 installation procedure ******** 4. OS/2 ******** Refer to the OS2IDE2X.DOC in OS2 subdirectory for OS2 driver installation