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<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< IBM PC Card Director Installation Program >>>>>>>>>>>>>
Welcome to Installation Package for IBM PC Card Director Software for OS/2
Warp 4.0 supporting IBM Thinkpads.
CONTENTS
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1.0 Systems supported by this Installation Package
2.0 How to Run the IBM PC Card Director Installation Program Utilities
3.0 Limitations
4.0 Parameter Definitions
5.0 Using Point Enablers with the PC Card Director Package
6.0 Hints
7.0 Files
8.0 Restore
1.0 Systems Supported by this Installation Package
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This package provides PC Card Director software for IBM Thinkpads
using OS/2 Warp 4.0. This package have been tested on IBM Thinkpads
with the following PC Card controllers:
Texas Instruments TI1130
Texas Instruments TI1131
Texas Instruments TI1225
Texas Instruments TI1250A
Texas Instruments TI1251
Texas Instruments TI1251B
Texas Instruments TI1420
Texas Instruments TI1450
Cirrus Logic CL-PD6729
2.0 How to Run the IBM PC Card Director Installation Program Utilities
------------------------------------------------------------------
The IBM PC Card Director Installation Program Utilities for OS/2 are
registered as objects in the "IBM PC Card Director Installation Program"
folder. You can see ICONs titled "IBM PC Card Director Installation Program",
"ATA Mount Utility","Auto Configurator Utility", and "Supported PCCards".
To start these utilities, click on an ICON.
Refer to the README.CID installation instructions for installing the
PC Card Director Utilities for OS/2 with CID.
3.0 Limitations
-----------
When utilizing cardbus cards, this code only supports the two (2) PCCard slots
the base system unit. Non-Cardbus (16-bit cards) function in all available
slots (base system unit and docking station).
4.0 Parameter Definitions
---------------------
4.1 Socket Services (IBM2SS14.SYS)
/C0=z : These parameters define the IRQ level to be used by the
/C1=z Socket Services driver. The new Card Services and Socket
Services drivers for OS/2 do not use a hardware interrupt
to notify the PCMCIA status change, so you do not need
these parameters.
/IG0=y : This parameter defines a slot number, which Socket Services
ignores. If you use the "Point enabler" supplied
with a PC Card, you should take into consideration the
coexistence with Socket Services.
For Example, "/IG0=1" defines that slot 1 is reserved for a
"Point enabler" and Socket Services will ignore the slot.
/RI0=x : This parameter defines a slot number, where Socket Services
disables the RI_OUT signal. If you are using a modem card
with a ThinkPad computer, and you can't enable the "suspend"
or "hibernation" function while the modem card is inserted,
please try this parameter.
For Example, "/RI0=1" specifies slot 1.
/D : This parameter enables "Warm docking" from the
view point of PCMCIA hardware. By adding this parameter,
two additional PCMCIA slots are reserved for the docking
station.
/APOFF : This parameter turns off the Auto-Power Mode. If the
Auto-Power Mode is ON, a PC Card will be automatically
turned ON by the hardware when it is inserted.
The default for Auto-Power Mode is ON.
/IO0=s : This parameter defines the slot number, for which Socket
Services will change the way the -IOCS16 signal is generated.
By default, the -IOCS16 signal is generated based on the
-IOIS16 signal from the PC Card. If this parameter is
specified, the -IOCS16 signal is generated based on the
I/O data size which is specified by the Client program.
This option is needed for some cards which do not
generate the -IOIS16 signal. You need to verify
this information with PCMCIA card vendors.
For Example, "/IO0=1" specifies that the -IOCS16 signal
for slot 1 is to be generated based on the I/O data
size specified by the Client program.
4.2 Card Services (PCMCIA.SYS)
/R:200 : Specify that card services will conform to the PCMCIA 2.0
standard. This is the default value.
/R:500 : Specify that card services will conform to the PCMCIA 5.0
standard instead of the PCMCIA 2.0 standard which is the
default value.
/P : In previous releases, this parameter disabled the hardware
interrupt which was used by OS/2 Socket Services drivers to
notify clients of a change in status.
Neither the new Card Services nor Socket Services drivers
for OS/2 use a hardware interrupt to signal PCMCIA status
changes. So this parameter is no longer needed.
5.0 Using Point Enablers with the PC Card Director Package
------------------------------------------------------
Point Enabler Adapter card drivers are device drivers that support
specific Adapter cards without requiring the use of the Card and
Socket services provided in the PC Card Director package.
Problems using these Point Enabler device driver will occur when used
in conjunction with the Card and Socket Services. The problem that
must likely will occur is that the Point Enabler Adapter card will not
function. The PC Card Director will indicate that the Card Type is
incorrect and the Status of the Card will be 'IN' instead of 'READY'.
In order to use a Adapter card with Point Enabler Device driver a
configuration parameter must be added to the IBM2SS14.SYS device
driver entry in CONFIG.SYS. The parameter is as follows:
/IG0=y : Where 'y' defines the slot number that contains the Adapter
card using the Point Enabler Device Driver.
After the system has been rebooted the slot specified in the
configuration parameter will be ignored by Card and Socket Services
allowing that slot to be used by Point Enabler device drivers.
It also means the following:
- the PC Card Director program will not detect the insertion or
removal of adapter cards in that slot
- Adapter cards with device drivers that utilitize Card and
Socket Services can no longer use that slot
The following is a list of Adapter Cards that use Point Enabler
Device Drivers:
IBM 10/100 EtherJet Cardbus Adapter
IBM 10/100 EtherJet Cardbus Adapter with 56K modem
Intel PRO/100 Cardbus II
Xircom CreditCard Ethernet Adapter II
Xircom CreditCard Ethernet Adapter 10/100
6.0 Hints
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- You can see current system resource information with RMVIEW.EXE program.
The RMVIEW.EXE is a standard OS/2 utility program which is included in
OS/2 Warp 4.0. To run this program, type "RMVIEW" at the OS/2 command
prompt and press ENTER. You can see short help with "/?" option.
6.1 Problems with Adapter Cards
- If problems occur with an Adapter Card failing to work properly, there
are two suggestions that may correct the problem:
1. The adapter card may be using a Point Enabler device driver, in that
case refer to Section 5.0 and set the /IG0=y parameter in the
CONFIG.SYS entry for IBM2SS14.SYS.
2. The adapter may require the use of the 2.0 version of Card Services.
In that case set the /R:200 paramter in the CONFIG.SYS entry for
PCMCIA.SYS.
6.2 3270 Adapter Cards
- On IBM 600 series Thinkpads, IBM 3270 Adapter Cards must be placed
in the lower adapter card slot (slot 2). The 3270 Adapter Card may
also be used in either adapter slot on attached Docking Stations.
6.3 Storage PC Cards
- Before using a brand-new FLASH PC Card, you have to initialize the
card with the FFORMAT.EXE, FCHECK.EXE, FFORMAT2.EXE or FCHECK2.EXE
program.
- If you see the following message :
<< Attention >>
This card isn't supported formally
It is possible that it doesn't work correctly
while the FFORMAT.EXE, FCHECK.EXE, FFORMAT2.EXE or FFORMAT2.EXE
program is running, the card will be formatted as if it has
256KB-erase-zone size and the write/erase logic of INTEL 28F020
or 28F010.
- If you see the following message :
The size of this card is too small for the card to be formatted
while the FFORMAT.EXE, FCHECK.EXE, FFORMAT2.EXE or FFORMAT2.EXE
program is running, the card can't be formatted because its size
is too small to accept the transfer unit.
(At least one transfer unit is required for FTL.)
- You can't use the SRAM region of the IBM FLASH & SRAM combo card
on OS/2 even if you install PCM2SRAM.SYS (SRAM device driver).
The card appears to be a FLASH card if you install
FLSH2MTD.SYS (FLASH memory technology driver), PCM2FLSH.SYS
(FLASH device driver), or other drivers.
- OS/2 Warp includes a flash memory card device driver that
can enable only IBM flash memory cards. The flash memory card device
driver in this IBM PC Card Director Installation Program can't enable
cards formatted with the one in OS/2 Warp.
- In case of formatting two or more Storage PC Cards, you have to run and
exit the FORMAT program for every card.
You must not format two or more Storage PC Cards from a single
invocation of FORMAT.
- You can't use the DISKCOPY program for the Storage PC Cards drive.
- If your PC has two or more PCMCIA slots, do not insert or remove a
storage PC Card in the slot while you are executing DOS commands,
such as FORMAT or COPY to a storage PC Card in another slot.
- If your system has three or more PCMCIA slots, for example a
notebook computer with docking station which has PCMCIA slots, the
total number of PCMCIA slots which will be used for Storage PC Cards
must be specified. For example, if you have four PCMCIA slots:
BASEDEV=PCM2ATA.ADD /S:4 /!DM /NOBEEP
6.4 Others
- For the Auto Configurator driver and Utility, please refer to the
AUTODRV.DOC file for more detail.
- For the PC Cards, please refer to the PCMCIA.CRD file for more
detail on the support level.
- For the PC Cards, sample installation/configuration files (CONFIG.SYS,
AUTOEXEC.BAT, etc.) are available on your "IBM PC Card Director
Installation Program for OS/2" diskette. Please refer to the \SAMPLES
directory on the diskette.
- If you use a Docking Station with your notebook computer, the adapter
cards or the devices in the docking station may use resources such as
I/O port, memory window, IRQ.
Exclude these resources from the usable area of the Card Services.
To exclude resources from the usable area, RESERVE.SYS can be used.
See "4.0 For OS/2" (RESERVE.SYS) in this document.
- Add /INT option if an error or a timeout occurs while ATA(HDD) card
being used.
DEVICE=...PAWATA.SYS /INT or
DEVICE=...PAWATAS.SYS /INT or
DEVICE=...PAWATASF.SYS /INT
In this case 4KB memory window is required for every ATA(HDD) card.
- If you have an Adaptec SCSI PCCard, find
'REM BASEDEV=AHA152X.ADD'
in config.sys and change it to
'BASEDEV=AHA152X.ADD'.
- If you have a Future Domain SCSI PCCard, find
'REM BASEDEV=FD16-700.ADD'
in config.sys and change it to
'BASEDEV=FD16-700.ADD'.
7.0 Files
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README.TXT : This file
PCMINST2.EXE : Installation program for OS/2
PCMINST2.DAT : Installation program for OS/2, data file
PCMCIA.CRD : PC Card Support List
EZPLAY2.DLL : IBM PC Card Director Installation Program Utility for OS/2
EZPLAY2.HLP : IBM PC Card Director Installation Program Utility for OS/2, help file
PCMCIA.SYS : Card Services driver for OS/2
VPCMCIA.SYS : Virtual Card Services driver for OS/2
$ICPMOS2.SYS : PCMCIA Power Management Support driver for OS/2
PAWFLDR.ICO : IBM PC Card Director Installation Program Folder ICON file
LOGO_1.ICO : PC Card Logo
IBM2SS14.SYS : Socket Services driver for IBM Thinkpad
AUTODRV2.SYS : Auto Configurator for OS/2
AUTODRV2.SCR : Auto Configurator for OS/2, script file
AUTOUTL2.EXE : Auto Configurator Utility for OS/2
AUTODRV2.SEL : Auto Configurator Utility for OS/2, data file
AUTOUTL2.HLP : Auto Configurator Utility for OS/2, help file
AUTODRV.DOC : Auto Configurator READ.ME file
*.SCR : Auto Configurator sample script files
ATAMNT2.EXE : ATA Mount Utility for OS/2
ATAMNT2.HLP : ATA Mount Utility for OS/2, help file
OS2PCARD.DMD : Storage Driver for OS/2
PCM2ATA.ADD : Storage Driver for OS/2 (ATA)
PCMSSDIF.SYS : Storage Driver for OS/2 (Interface)
PCM2SRAM.SYS : Storage Driver for OS/2 (SRAM)
FLSH2MTD.SYS : Storage Driver for OS/2 (FLASH MTD)
PCM2FLSH.SYS : Storage Driver for OS/2 (FLASH)
FCHECK2.EXE : FLASH PC Card Low-Level check program for OS/2
FFORMAT2.EXE : FLASH PC Card Low-Level format program for OS/2
AHA152X.ADD : Adaptec SCSI PCCard for OS/2
FD16-700.ADD : Future Domain SCSI PCCard for OS/2
TDKENAB.OS2 : TDK CardBus NetFlyer NDIS Driver
TDKFLYR.OS2 : TDK CardBus NetFlyer Client Driver
PROTOCOL.INI : Protocol file for TDK Netflyer CardBus Card
8.0 Restore
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If you wish to return your system to its original state (its state
prior to PCCARD installation), you should follow the steps below.
1) Copy all files in the backup directory to '\os2' directory on the
boot drive. The backup directory is a subdirectory of the
PCCARD target directory for which you were prompted at install.
The default target directory is '\thinkpad'. For example,
'copy c:\thinkpad\backup\*.* c:\os2'
will restore all device drivers in the backup directory to the
'c:\os2' directory.
2) Rename the backup CONFIG.Sxx to CONFIG.SYS.
3) Remove the PC Card Director object from your desktop by dragging it to
the shredder or by deleting it using other methods.