OS/2 Professional/OS2PRO194.ISO/os2/driver/scsi/trantor/os2_read.me

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                            Trantor Systems, Ltd.
                             5415 Randall Place
                             Fremont, CA  94538
                                510-770-1400
                              510-770-9910 FAX
                              510-656-5159 BBS

May 1, 1993


These drivers are for Trantor T128, T228, T338 , T348 and T130B SCSI
host adapter cards and OS/2 2.0 and 2.1.  OS/2 1.3 is not supported.

These drivers are Copyright 1993 by Trantor Systems, Ltd.  All rights
reserved.  They may be freely distributed to owners of Trantor products
as long as this documentation file is included with the files.  Latest
revisions of these files can be obtained from the Trantor BBS system or
they may be ordered on disk from the Trantor office in the SCSIworks!
package.


Files on this release:

    OS2_READ.ME         This file
    OS2.FAQ             OS2 Frequently Asked Questions -
                        Check here for answers before FAXing
                        for Technical Support
    T128SCSI.ADD        T128 / T228 driver
    T13BSCSI.ADD        T130B driver
    T338SCSI.ADD        T338 MiniSCSI driver
    T348SCSI.ADD        T348 MiniSCSI Plus driver
    T128SCSI.DDP        T128 / T228 Install script
    T13BSCSI.DDP        T130B Install script
    T338SCSI.DDP        T338 MiniSCSI Install script
    T348SCSI.DDP        T348 MiniSCSI Plus Install script

All files are being distributed in a compressed file format as
OS2-TSL2.ZIP or as a self-extracting archive file called OS2-TSL.EXE for
use with BBS systems.  The latest released versions of the OS/2 2.0
drivers are always available from the Trantor BBS at 510-656-5159.


AUTOMATIC INSTALLATION

Copy all the files to a floppy.  This floppy is now a device support
diskette.  Insert it in A: and run DDINSTAL from the OS/2 prompt.  The
Device Driver Install icon can be found by selecting the OS/2 System
icon on the desktop, then the System Setup icon in that window.  Insert
your floppy in a disk drive and double click on the Device Driver
Install icon.


MANUAL INSTALLATION for OS/2 2.0 and OS/2 2.1 using OS2CDROM.DMD

The desired driver must be copied to the OS/2 2.1 directory:

    COPY A:*.* C:\OS2

This driver should be installed in the config.sys file as follows:

    ....
    BASEDEV=TxxxSCSI.ADD                        <=== Trantor OS/2 driver
    BASEDEV=OS2DASD.DMD
    IFS=C:\OS2\CDFS.IFS /Q                      <=== CD-ROM only
    BASEDEV=OS2CDROM.DMD                        <=== CD-ROM only
    BASEDEV=NECCDS1.FLT                         <=== For NEC CD-ROM only
    BASEDEV=OS2SCSI.DMD                              (other .FLT files
                                                      for other drives)
    ....
where xxx stands for the adapter type: 128, 13B, 338, 348.

OS2CDROM.DMD and the appropriate .FLT files are supplied by IBM for
CD-ROM support under OS/2 2.1.

All of the above drivers are necessary for CD and HD support. They
should be inserted in your CONFIG.SYS.  Some of these drivers
might already be in your CONFIG.SYS file.  All drivers except for
TxxxSCSI.ADD are usually placed in the OS2 directory during the initial
OS2 installation.



MANUAL INSTALLATION for OS/2 2.0 CDROM.SYS

The desired driver must be copied to the OS/2 2.0 directory:

    COPY A:*.* C:\OS2

This driver should be installed in the config.sys file as follows:

    ....
    BASEDEV=TxxxSCSI.ADD /T                     <=== add /t for most CD-ROMs
    BASEDEV=OS2DASD.DMD
    IFS=C:\OS2\CDFS.IFS /Q                      <=== CD-ROM only
    DEVICE=C:\OS2\CDROM.SYS                     <=== CD-ROM only
    BASEDEV=OS2SCSI.DMD
    ....
where xxx stands for the adapter type: 128, 13B, 338, 348.

All of the above drivers are necessary for CD and HD support. They
should be inserted in your CONFIG.SYS.  Some of these drivers
might already be in your CONFIG.SYS file.  All drivers except for
TxxxSCSI.ADD are usually placed in the OS2 directory during the initial
OS2 installation.

OS2DASD.DMD is already in the CONFIG.SYS, but the other drivers may not
be there.  Be sure you add them either manually or with the OS/2
Installer.


The OS/2 .ADD driver we supply is fully compatible with any driver that
interfaces with the .ADD specification for OS/2 2.0.  It will work
transparently with any hard disk supported by OS/2.


OPTICAL DRIVES:
IBM supplies a driver called OPTICAL.SYS for use with their 3.5"
Magneto-Optical drive and other Magneto-Optical drives.  We have
confirmed that it works correctly with this .ADD release.

In addition, we have implemented an optional command line switch that
will enable some Magneto-Optical drives to be treated like a hard drive
when OPTICAL.SYS is not available.  Adding the command line parameter of
/o to the .ADD driver forces the operating system to treat an MO drive
as a standard hard drive.


CD-ROM DRIVES:
OS/2 2.0 CDROM.SYS
IBM recommends using CDROM.SYS (which is supplied with OS/2 2.0) with
the /i option for non-IBM CD-ROM drives.  This driver may not support
audio commands on all CD-ROM drives.  IBM has released OS2CDROM.DMD and
its associated .FLT files for SCSI-1 drives.
Please contact IBM for more information on their CD-ROM support and
future drivers.

To support CD-ROM drives that are not supported with the /i option of
CDROM.SYS, we have implemented a command line switch of /t in our .ADD
that emulates the IBM (Toshiba) CD-ROM drive and allows standard data
read commands to work with most SCSI CD-ROM drives.  NOTE: Audio
commands are not supported and may cause unpredictable results with some
CD-ROM drives.  Note: do NOT use this with the OS2CDROM.DMD driver.

Add the command line parameter in the following manner:
  BASEDEV=TxxxSCSI.ADD /t


OS/2 2.1 OS2CDROM.DMD

With OS/2 2.1, a new CD-ROM driver is being introduced.  You must NOT
use the /t option on the BASEDEV=TxxxSCSI.ADD command line with this new
CD-ROM driver.

Various .FLT files are available to provide support for non SCSI-2
drives.  These are provided by IBM along with the OS2CDROM.DMD driver.


In order to have a CD-ROM drive show on your desktop with a CD-ROM icon,
you must have a CD-ROM disc in your drive when the system is booted.  If
you boot with an empty CD-ROM drive, the drive icon will appear as a
floppy disk instead of a CD-ROM disc.  This will not affect the
operation of the CD-ROM drive itself.

If you have a CD-ROM drive with multiple Logical Units (LUNs), like the
Pioneer DRM-600, you will be able to access all Logical Units with the
August, 1992 driver.  To restrict the number of logical units, the /U
command line parameter can be used to recognize only 1 Logical Unit of
the possible 6 in the DRM-600.  This command line switch also works with
hard disk drives that incorrectly report LUNs.


HARD DISK DRIVES
Format the SCSI device first from DOS with the TFORMAT program that
comes included with the Trantor SCSI adapter.  Select a single partition
after low level formatting the drive.

Boot OS/2 with the drivers installed and format the disk with the OS/2
formatter.

We have found removable media must be formatted with the OS/2 format
program before it can be recognized.  Just format it as though it is a
floppy...  selecting a 2.8M floppy, for instance, formats a Syquest
drive to 42M just fine.  Removable media drives are not interchangeable
between DOS and OS/2.


NOTES:
        - Removable media is supported. It was tested with a SyQuest drive.
        - OPTICAL.SYS provided by IBM will support MO drives.
        - option /o supports MO drives by treating them like HD's.
        - option /u restricts the number of Logical Units.  Default is 7