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- Installation of the X-Surf IDE driver:
- --------------------------------------
-
- Just copy the file "XSurfIDE" to the sys:expansion drawer.
- With the start of Binddrivers, the IDE drivers will be
- loaded, and if harddrives are connected to the X-Surf, they
- are mounted automatically. The device name is "scsi.device",
- and it can be used with HDToolbox or HDInstTools.
-
- Atapi-devices like CD-Roms, CD-Changers, IDE-Zip or LS120
- drives can be accessed with the name "xsurf_atapi.device".
- Please mind that device names are case-sensitive when
- editing your mountfiles. These two names only have lower
- case letters.
-
- Unit numbers:
- -------------
-
- The 3,5" and the 2,5" port can be used independantly, you
- can connect up to four IDE/Atapi devices. The numbering is a
- follows:
-
- Unit 0: Master on the 3,5" port
- Unit 1: Slave on the 3,5" port
- Unit 2: Master on the 2,5" port
- Unit 3: Slave on the 2,5" port
-
- Before connecting a 2,5" harddrive, check it's power
- consumption. The traces on the X-Surf can only stand a
- current of 300mA. This low value is only reached with modern
- notebook-harddrives (minimum 10GB). Especially the old
- harddrives (less than 1GB) consume more than 1,5A on
- startup. This may burn the power traces on the X-Surf. Of
- cource, such a defect is not covered by warranty.
-
- Compatibility
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-
- The software devices are compatible with drives larger than
- 4GB. To be compatible with all the filesystens there are,
- the two standards TD64 and NSD64 are supported.
- Please mind that the devices already support NSD64, so they
- must not be patched in order to work with OS3.5.
-
-
- Known bugs:
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-
- The date in the version string is not printed properly. This
- does not affect proper function of the drivers!
-
-
- Have fun with the X-Surf IDE driver, even if it took a bit
- longer than I promised. Anyway, I think a free driver that
- is four months late is much better than a license that is
- 25,- US$ each.
-
- Jens Schönfeld, jens@siliconsonic.de
-