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CorelSCSI 2.0 README Contents
=============================
This document provides information you should know before
installing CorelSCSI version 2.0. Last minute product and device
information is also documented.
If you have any suggestions or questions about this product
that your distributor can't answer, contact CorelSCSI Technical
Support:
Telephone: (613) 728-1010
CompuServe: Type GO COREL
Before Installing CorelSCSI 2
=============================
1. Upgrading to CorelSCSI 2
2. Installing ASPI Managers
3. About Future Domain Host Adapters
4. About Always AL-7000 Host Adapters
5. Using Memory Managers
Upgrading to CorelSCSI 2
------------------------
If you're upgrading from CorelSCSI for DOS or Windows version 1.2
or earlier, you must remove any system patches, using the existing
version of CorelSCSI, before installing CorelSCSI 2.
To remove a patch
1. At the command prompt, enter PATCH.
2. Select Remove Patch.
Installing ASPI Managers
------------------------
For your convenience, CorelSCSI includes the ASPI managers for
many host adapters, which you can install during the installation.
If the ASPI manager for your card isn't provided with CorelSCSI,
you must install the ASPI manager and load it in your CONFIG.SYS
file before installing CorelSCSI. If you have problems with any
ASPI manager, contact the manufacturer of your card.
CorelSCSI provides the following ASPI managers:
Card Type ASPI Version File Name
--------- ------------ -------------
Corel Generic ASPI for BusLogic and 1.03 ASPIDRV.SYS
Adaptec (154X, 164X) host adapters
Corel Generic ASPI for IBM host 1.00 ASPIIBM.SYS
adapters
Corel Generic ASPI for the Pro Audio 1.00 ASPIMED.SYS
Studio 16 card
Corel LS2000 1.10 ASPILS_D.SYS
Acculogic ASPI Interface 3.01.01 ASPFCAM.SYS
Acculogic CAM driver 3.00.05 DOSCAM.SYS
Always AL-500 1.10 ASPILS_D.SYS
Always AL-1000 1.00 ASPISHT.SYS
Always AL-7000 837-13.13 AL7ASPI.SYS
Always IN-2000 461-12 ASPIDRVR.SYS
American Megatrends Fast Disk 1.1 ASPIKERN.SYS
DPT ASPI for SCSI BIOS 001.K DPTDDL.SYS
ROM\SMARTROM V.001.K
DPT ASPI for SCSI BIOS 002.B DPTDDL.SYS
ROM\SMARTROM V.002.B
DTC 3X80/3X50 ASPI Manager 1.5A ASPI3X80.SYS
New Media 'Visual Media' ASPI Manager 2.03 ASPIMGR.SYS
New Media 'Bus Toaster' ASPI Manager 1.00 BTASPI.SYS
Procomp Pro-Val ASPI Manager 1.0a PVALASPI.SYS
Procomp Pro-Master ASPI Manager 1.0a PMASASPI.SYS
FDC ASPI Interface 1.00 ASPIFCAM.SYS
FDC TMC-950 CAM driver 1.02 DCAM950.EXE
FDC TMC-18XX CAM driver 1.03 DCAM1800.EXE
QLogic ASPI Manager 2.17 DLASPI.SYS
QLogic SCSI RAM BIOS 2.17 QL406DOS.SYS
UltraStor Ultra 14/34 2.00 USPI14.SYS
UltraStor Ultra 14N 2.00 USPI14N.SYS
UltraStor Ultra 24FA 1.04 USPI24.SYS
NOTE: To help distinguish the between DPT ASPI managers, which both use
the name DPTDDL.SYS, two different file names are used.
However, the installation renames the selected ASPI
manager to DPTDDL.SYS. The DPT ASPI for SCSI BIOS
ROM\SMARTROM
* V.001.K is in the file DPTDDL1K.SYS
* V.002.B is in the file DPTDDL2B.SYS
To install an ASPI manager that isn't provided with CorelSCSI
1. Copy the ASPI manager from the disk provided with your SCSI
card to your hard drive.
2. Add the device driver line to the CONFIG.SYS file using the
following syntax:
DEVICE=C:\xxxx.SYS
where xxxx indicates the name of your ASPI manager.
3. Reboot the system before you start the CorelSCSI installation.
While the system is rebooting, you should look for status
messages from the ASPI manager. If the status indicates
an unsuccessful installation, the CorelSCSI device driver
won't function.
About Future Domain Host Adapters
---------------------------------
If you're using an 8-bit host adapter with the BIOS version 8.2
or a 16-bit host adapter with the BIOS version 3.2, DCAMxxx.EXE
is optional. However, if you're also using the QEMM memory manager,
you must use both DCAMxxx.EXE and ASPIFCAM.SYS.
TMC-950 Host Adapter:
DCAM950 can support multiple adapters. The TMC-950 adapter requires that
you specify the memory location of the adapter and the IRQ setting of
the adapter using the following command line syntax:
DEVICE=DCAM950.EXE /MEM IRQ [/MEM IRQ [/MEM IRQ]]
Valid memory locations for the TMC-950 are CA00, C800, CE00 and
DE00. Valid IRQ's are 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 14, and 15.
The default setting for a single adapter looks like this:
DEVICE=DCAM950.EXE /CA00 5
TMC-18XX Host Adapter:
The TMC-18XX host adapter doesn't require any command line settings:
DEVICE=DCAM1800.EXE
About Alway AL-7000 ASPI Manager
--------------------------------
If your SCSI CD-ROM drive does not support SCSI disconnects. You
may add a /d switch to the AL-7000 ASPI Manager (AL7ASPI.SYS).
DEVICE=[path]AL7ASPI.SYS [/d]
[path] - is the directory path to the device driver. E.g. "C:\"
or "C:\DOS\".
[/d] - disable SCSI disconnects. This may be necessary for some
SCSI CD-ROM drives.
Notes:
------
When there are no SCSI hard drives attached to the AL-7000, the
ASPI driver should display the following message:
Always Int 13 handler not loaded
If you have other SCSI devices, other than hard drives, this
message only means that DOS does not see and hard drives.
Make certain to load any caching software (SMARTDRIVE, VCACHE,
PC-KWIK etc.) after the ASPI driver, since these software
packages are related to the operation of the hard disk.
DO NOT use the BIOS diagnostics or low level format functions
when the ASPI driver is loaded.
Using Memory Managers
---------------------
If you're using a memory manager, you may need to uninstall it
before installing CorelSCSI, and then reinstall the memory manager.
In rare cases, systems may hang if CorelSCSI is installed while a
memory manager is loaded.
Information about CorelSCSI Utilities
===================================
1. Backup for Windows
2. CD-Audio for Windows
3. Corel ArtView Screen Saver for Windows
4. CorelBook for Windows
5. Tools for Windows
6. CorelTWAIN device driver for Windows
7. CorelCDX for Windows and DOS
8. CDSESN for DOS
9. CDCOPY for DOS
10.DOSAUDIO for DOS
11.DOSTOOLS for DOS
BACKUP (Windows)
----------------
During small tape backups, the status display shows the tape
rewinding before the progress bar gets to 100%. This is a
graphics update problem. All requested data was written to the
tape. To verify that all the data has been backed up, open a log
file using Preferences from the File menu and then perform a full
verify of the backup. The log file will confirm that all files
were properly backed-up.
A problem has been reported with file tagging when you have a
directory structure as follows:
dir1
|
+---dir_with_files_1
|
|
+---empty_dir_1
|
+---empty_dir_2
|
+---dir_with_files_2
If you untag "dir1", then tag some files in "dir_with_files_1",
then tag "empty_dir_1", then untag "dir_with_files_2", the application
should show the checkbox of "dir1" as gray (meaning that some files
will be backed-up). Instead, the checkbox will show that no files
will be backed-up, even though the checkbox for "dir_with_files_1"
indicates that some of its files will be backed-up.
WARNING: If you proceed with this backup, none of the files in
"dir_with_files_1" will be backed-up! The solution is to tag the
files and directories in a different order.
CD-Audio 2 (Windows)
--------------------
CD-Audio 2.0 supports Microsoft's Music Box 2.0. Any track
information you've entered using MusicBox is imported into CD-Audio.
If you're using an LMSI CM234 CD-ROM drive, the status information
may not display the correct information. This is a problem with
the drive rather than CD-Audio.
If your drive supports digital audio audio sampling, you can
record sound files using CD-Audio. The following drive models
support digital audio sampling:
* Toshiba XM3401
* Sony CDU561 (and OEM versions such as Compaq CDV561)
* Apple CD300
Corel ArtView Screen Saver (Windows)
------------------------------------
If you select the sound option on systems with lower memory
configurations, you may experience long delays before an image
is displayed or intermittent sound output.
CorelBook (Windows)
-------------------
Some systems running ATI Mach 32 video driver version 2.0 may
experience problems loading CorelBook.
Some systems running Standard mode Windows may experience problems
closing CorelBook when CD-ROM media browser is loaded.
With IBM PC-DOS 6.1, the Operating System Summary page reports
the actual DOS version as DOS version 6.0. This is correct, as this
version of DOS reports itself as 6.0.
When unloading the CD-ROM Media Browser in Windows standard mode,
problems may occur. The only fix, at this time, is to rename the
CDMEDIA.CBL file to CDMEDIA.LBC. This means that the CD-ROM Media
Browser won't be found by CorelBook. No problems have been found
when using CD-ROM Media Browser in standard mode.
There are known problems printing to printers that don't support
graphics.
Tabbing between controls doesn't work correctly on all pages.
The page up and page down controls don't work in list
boxes. Using these functions flips the page.
TOOLS (Windows)
---------------
If you're using an IBM host adapter and its ASPI manager, the
information displayed by the Device Information command is incorrect.
When formatting a hard disk that has previously been formatted with
multiple partitions, you should reboot when the format is complete.
MS-DOS will let you access the original logical partitions even
though they no longer exist.
Corel has detected spurious errors while running diagnostics on
various optical drives. These errors should not be thought of
as hardware or media failures unless they occur repeatedly while
diagnostics is looping continuously.
CorelTWAIN Device Driver (Windows)
------------------------------------------
CorelSCSI 2 provides a device driver for scanning images into
TWAIN-compliant graphics applications.
You can improve the scanning speed of the CorelTWAIN device
driver by pre-allocating memory using GRABMEM.EXE. This program,
located in the WINDOWS\TWAIN\CORTWAIN directory, pre-allocates
up to a 32K block of memory. GRABMEM.EXE must be run before
starting Windows.
To run GRABMEM.EXE, add the following line to your AUTOEXEC.BAT:
c:\windows\twain\cortwain\grabmem.exe
To remove GRABMEM.EXE from memory, enter the following at
the command prompt:
c:\windows\twain\cortwain\grabmem /U
Epson and Microtek with Adaptec SCSI controllers:
Your computer may hang during scanning if the Corel ASPI driver
is used. Add the following switch to the APSIDRV.SYS command
in your CONFIG.SYS file to fix the problem:
DEVICE=ASPIDRV.SYS /Dhan,id,1
where han represents the host adapter number, id represents the
SCSI ID of the scanner, and 1 is a mandatory option.
Ricoh scanners and Adaptec SCSI controllers:
The Ricoh IS50, IS60, and IS410 will cause your machine to lock up
during power-up if:
(a) the scanner is turned on before you turn on your computer
(b) you are using some Adaptec controllers such as the 1542B and 1542C
The solution is to power up your Ricoh scanner AFTER you power up your
computer.
CTSAMPLE application:
With some video drivers, the scanned image will not appear in the
scan windows after a scan in one of the 'Fit-In-Window' or
'Display-1-to-1' modes. The scanned image will often be visible
if a different viewing mode in the VIEW menu is selected.
Scanning using an Automatic Document feeder:
If your scanner supports this feature, the multiple scans will
not all appear on screen in the Corel Twain Sample Application,
but rather only the last scanned item will appear. The other scans
are stored in your root directory and will be labeled CORELX.BMP
whereX= the number of the scanned item. You may view the other
scans by selecting FILE then the OPEN FILE option from the Corel
Twain Sample Application.
Using Supplemental Device Drivers:
Using supplemental device drivers, some other manufacturers'
scanners can be supported. These device drivers are located
in the WINDOWS\TWAIN\CORTWAIN\OEMTWAIN directory.
The supplemental device driver takes the form of an MS-DOS device
driver, often used in conjunction with the manufacturer's own
device driver. Only one of these other scanners may be used at a
time.
Scanner Associated Files
------- ------------------------------------------------
EPSON 300C EPSON.DOC describes the setup procedure.
EPSON.SYS is the required MS-DOS device driver.
MICROTEK 600Z MICROTEK.EXE file is the required MS-DOS
device driver.
MICROTEK MICROTEK.DOC describes the setup procedure if
you're using MSCAN.SYS.
ScanMakerII DOSDRVR.DOC describes the setup procedure if
you're using MSCSI.SYS.
HP ScanJet HPSCANER.DOC describes the setup procedure.
HP ScanJet Plus HPSCANER.EXE is the required MS-DOS device driver.
HP ScanJet IIc HPSCANER.EXE is the required MS-DOS device driver.
Logitech HHSCAND.SYS is the required MS-DOS device driver.
ScanMan 256 SAPI.EXE is the required MS-DOS device driver.
HHSCAND.DOC describes the setup procedure.
SAPI.DOC describes the setup procedure.
CorelCDX (Windows and DOS)
--------------------------
To work with your CD-ROM drives, you require a CD-ROM extensions
program, such as CorelCDX, which interprets the CD-ROM file
system format. CorelCDX also provides several types of caches,
including a path table, directory, and data cache. These caches
are discussed in detail in the Users' Manual. As an extension
to CorelCDX, CDXCACHE provides an extended memory data cache.
CDXCACHE, if enabled, is loaded at the same time as CorelCDX.
This cache stores information recently read from CD-ROM drives
in extended memory. When information requested by an application
is located in the cache, the information can be accessed more
quickly than re-reading the information from the drive.
CDXCACHE uses a least recently used (LRU) algorithm: frequently
used data remains in the cache and infrequently used data is
discarded from the cache. CDXCACHE works best with database type
applications, which repeatedly read information from the same areas
of a CD.
CDXCACHE can cache the first 16 CD-ROM drives connected to your
system. The cache page size affects the maximum cacheable sector
address.
The following CDXCACHE options may appear in the CorelCDX section
of the CRLSCSI.INI file:
* XMSSIZE indicates the cache size in kilobytes. You can set XMSSIZE to
0 to disable the XMS cache. Note that the number of tracks created
on a CD by CDCOPY is affected by the amount of available XMS
memory, you should disable the extended XMS cache when using CDCOPY.
-1 to use a default cache size, which is equal to one-quarter of
the free XMS memory.
a specific size from 64K to 16384K.
* XMSPAGE configures the number of sectors per cache page, which
determines the read-ahead operations. The value of 4 is recommended
for smaller cache sizes; it's more important to cache separate
disk reads than to perform read aheads. Use the value 8 for
larger cache sizes; more data is stored in one operation. The
default setting is 4 sectors per cache page.
* XMSBLOCK represents the maximum size of read request in sectors
that will be cached. The cache performance may benefit from
larger values. However, the cache may fill up more quickly. The
default setting is 4 sectors.
Both CDXCACHE and Microsoft's SmartDrive program use extended memory
caching. If you're using SmartDrive version 5.0, provided with MS-DOS
6.2, you can use SmartDrive rather than CDXCACHE. However, CDXCACHE
has smaller overhead and operates faster then SmartDrive.
SMARTDRV.EXE 5.0 is designed to work exclusively with Microsoft's
MSCDEX CD-ROM driver. However, Corel's PATCH_SD.COM modifies
SMARTDRV.EXE to recognize CorelCDX as a valid CD-ROM driver.
PATCH_SD creates a copy of the existing SMARTDRV.EXE program
and stores the copy as SMARTDRV.MSC. If you've made changes
to SMARTDRV.EXE version 5.0 that change its size, such as
compressing the file, from 45145 bytes, PATCH_SD won't work.
To modify SmartDrive to recognize CorelCDX
1. At the command prompt, enter PATCH_SD.
2. Check your AUTOEXEC.BAT file to ensure that CorelCDX
is loaded before SmartDrive; otherwise, SmartDrive
won't find, and therefore cache, CD-ROM drives. Since
SmartDrive is loaded after CorelCDX, you can't use the
CorelCDX /UNLOAD command.
3. Use the CorelCDX section of Configuration to set the
XMS Cache Size option to Disable. The CDXCACHE is enabled,
by default. If you don't disable the cache, both CDXCACHE
and SmartDrive will cache data, using twice the necessary
amount of extended memory.
4. Reboot your system to reinstall SMARTDRV.EXE.
Miscellaneous Information:
If you're using DOS 5.0, Norton Shell 6.0, and CDXCACHE, Windows
won't run. Remove or upgrade any one of the three programs to
resolve this problem.
If you run CDSESN, CD-ROM caching software, including
CorelCDX/CDXCACHE, will flush any cached data for the specified
drive even if the currently selected session is not changed.
The DRIVERNAME option of the CRLSCSI.INI file provides the required
name of the CD-ROM device driver, which should be the same as the
value of the DRIVERNAME option in the [CD-ROM Drivers] section of
this file. CD-ROM device drivers are numbered starting from MSCD001.
If CorelCDX can't find driver names in the CRLSCSI.INI file or if
the CRLSCSI.INI file is missing, CorelCDX will try to locate and
initialize the CD-ROM device drivers named, by default, 'MSCD001'
and 'MSCD099'.
CDSESN (DOS)
------------
If you run CDSESN, CD-ROM caching software
(including CorelCDX/CDXCACHE) will flush any cached data
for the specified drive even if the currently selected session
is not changed.
CDCOPY (DOS)
------------
The number of tracks created on a CD by CDCOPY is affected by
the amount of available XMS memory. If you're using CDXCACHE,
you should use the Configuration utility to set the XMSSIZE option,
which indicates the cache size in kilobytes, to 0. You must reboot
the system for the new cache size to take effect.
Some 'multi-session' CD-ROM drives currently only recognize
a disc as being multi-session if it's recorded in XA format
such as a multi-session PhotoCD. As CDCOPY writes Mode 1 data
(not XA format), these drives mistakenly interpret the disc as
single session. Drives that are known to be able to recognize
multi-session Mode 1 data discs include the Chinon CDS535,
Sony CDU561, and Toshiba XM3401. Contact the manufacturer
of your drive to verify its ability to read multi-session,
non-XA discs.
After recording multiple sessions of data on some brands of 74
minute CDR discs, the Philips CDD521 CD Recorder may experience
problems trying to reload the disc at a later date. If you
experience this problem, you may need to contact Philips
Consumer Electronics Technical Support at 1-800-835-3506 for
a possible firmware upgrade. You can also try
(1) using 63 minutes CDR discs
(2) using a different brand of 74 minute CDR discs
(3) using CDCOPY with /lw switch, which writes data as the 'final'
session on the disc. The disc is then non-writable.
The target directory specifications should not include references
to either the "." or ".." subdirectories (this directory or the
parent directory). Doing so will result in the creation of invalid
subdirectories on the target CD.
Sense Codes for the Philips CDD521 Drive
If a SCSI error occurs, the Philips CDD521 drive reports a sense
code which may indicate the cause of the error. The following is
a partial list of the sense codes reported by this drive.
x08: COMMUNICATION FAILURE
communication failure internal to drive prevented requested
operation from being performed.
x09: TRACK FOLLOWING ERROR
focusing or radial tracking did not succeed.
x15: POSITIONING ERROR
seek to requested location on disc failed.
x29: POWER-ON RESET OR BUS RESET OCCURRED
power-on reset or bus reset occurred since last issued command.
x2C: COMMAND SEQUENCE ERROR
requested command is not allowed in this sequence.
x31: MEDIUM FORMAT CORRUPTED
drive is unable to read/write information due to corrupted or
unknown disc format.
x33: MONITOR ATIP ERROR
error occurred in recorded data, likely due to dust or chalk.
x34: ABSORPTION CONTROL ERROR
error may have occurred in recorded data, due to laser power
clipping.
x44: INTERNAL CONTROLLER ERROR
drives internal controller detected an error which could not
be otherwise explained.
x47: SCSI PARITY ERROR
controller detected a parity error.
x50: WRITE APPEND ERROR
write command failed.
x57: UNABLE TO READ TOC, PMA OR SUBCODE
drive was unable to read TOC, PMA, or subcode data from the disc.
x81: ILLEGAL TRACK
attempt to access a non-existent track.
xA9: REQUEST FOR FIXATION FAILED
disc could not be fixated due to existence of a area (reserved
track) on disc.
xAA: END OF MEDIUM REACHED
while writing, the end of medium was detected or track limit
of 99 was reached.
xAB: ILLEGAL TRACK NUMBER
invalid track # specified in command descriptor block.
xAD: BUFFER UNDERRUN
writing stopped because cache buffer emptied - data not
written to the drive quickly enough.
xAF: OPTIMUM POWER CALIBRATION (OPC) ERROR
power calibration failed, possibly due to wrong type medium
installed, laser or drive failure.
xB0: CALIBRATION AREA ALMOST FULL
few Optimum Power Calibration areas left.
xB4: CALIBRATION AREA FULL
Calibration area is full - no further writes can be to disc.
xD1: CAN NOT RECOVER FROM TRACK
recovering from a corrupted track failed.
xD2: CAN NOT RECOVER FROM PROGRAM MEMORY AREA
recovering from a corrupted PMA failed.
xD3: CAN NOT RECOVER FROM LEADIN AREA
recovering from corrupted leadin area failed.
xD4: CAN NOT RECOVER FROM LEADOUT AREA
recovering from corrupted leadout area failed.
xD5: CAN NOT RECOVER FROM OPTICAL POWER CALIBRATION AREA
recovering from corrupted Optical Power area failed.
DOSAUDIO (DOS)
---------------
If your drive supports digital audio audio sampling, you can record
sound files using CDDA. The following drive models support digital
audio sampling:
* Toshiba XM3401
* Sony CDU561 (and OEM versions such as Compaq CDV561)
* Apple CD300
If you're using an LMSI CM234 CD-ROM drive, the status information
may not display the correct information. This is a problem with
the drive rather than DOSAUDIO.
DOSTOOLS (DOS)
--------------
If you're using an IBM host adapter and its ASPI manager, the
information displayed by the Device Information command is incorrect.
When formatting a hard disk that has previously been formatted
with multiple partitions, you should reboot when the format is
complete. MS-DOS will let you access the original logical partitions
even though they no longer exist.
Corel has detected spurious errors while running diagnostics on
various optical drives. These errors should not be thought of as
hardware or media failures unless they occur repeatedly while
diagnostics is looping continuously.
DOSTools reports a fixed disk as containing removable media.
With MS-DOS version 6.0, DOSTools will hang when you try to format
any media. This problem doesn't occur in MS-DOS version 6.2. The
MS-DOS upgrade is available electronically, without charge, or
from retailers for a nominal fee.
Device Information
==================
1. Support for Kodak Photo CDs
2. Digital Audio Sampling
3. Using the Pioneer DRM604X in SCSI-1 Mode
Support for Kodak Photo CDs
---------------------------
The Corel CD-ROM device driver, which is named CUNI_ASP.SYS,
currently supports Kodak Photo CDs. Although other drives
may read the Photo CD format, the following drives have been
tested by Corel:
Single session Multi session
-----------------------------
Chinon CDS435 Chinon CDS535
NEC CDR73 NEC CDR74-1
NEC CDR73M NEC CDR84-1
NEC CDR74 Panasonic CR-532
NEC CDR83 Philips CDD-521
NEC CDR83M Smart & Friendly HS-2200 i/e
NEC CDR84 Sony CDU-561
Sony CDU-541 Teac CD-50
Sony CDU-6211 Texel DM-3024K
Texel DM-5024 Texel DM-5024K
Texel DM-3024 Toshiba XM3301 (with multi session upgrade)
Toshiba XM3301 Toshiba XM3401
Digital Audio Sampling
----------------------
Using CD-Audio for Windows and CDDA for DOS, you can record
digital audio. The following drive models support digital
audio sampling:
* Toshiba XM3401
* Sony CDU561 (and OEM versions such as Compaq CDV561)
* Apple CD300
Using the Pioneer DRM604X in SCSI-1 Mode
----------------------------------------
If you're using a Pioneer DRM604X in SCSI-1 mode with multi-session
discs, the driver may time-out while waiting for the disc to mount
and display a "Not ready reading drive..." error. If this error
occurs, use Configuration to set the CD-ROM device driver TIMEOUT
option to a value between 30 to 45.