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<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< IBM PlayAtWill Installation Program >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Welcome to IBM PlayAtWill Installation Program. PlayAtWill is the advanced
utility software that enables the user to "Plug & Play" PC Cards
(previously known as PCMCIA). This READ.ME contains the latest
information. It also contains helpful hints.
CONTENTS
--------
1.0 How to Install IBM PlayAtWill
2.0 How to Run the IBM PlayAtWill Installation Program Utilities
3.0 Parameter Definitions
4.0 Hints
5.0 Enhanced Features
6.0 Files
7.0 Restore
8.0 Possible Problems
1.0 How to Install IBM PlayAtWill
-----------------------------
- Start OS/2 3.0 or later.
- Start an "OS/2 Full Screen" or an "OS/2 Window".
- Insert the "IBM PlayAtWill Installation Program for OS/2" diskette
into the diskette drive.
- Type "A:\PCMINST2" and press ENTER.
- Follow the instruction on the screen.
- Restart the system after completing the installation.
2.0 How to Run the IBM PlayAtWill Installation Program Utilities
------------------------------------------------------------
The IBM PlayAtWill Installation Program Utilities for OS/2 are registered
as objects in the "IBM PlayAtWill Installation Program" folder. You can
see icons titled "IBM PlayAtWill Installation Program","ATA Mount
Utility","Auto Configurator Utility", and "Supported PCCards". To start
these utilities, click on an ICON.
3.0 Parameter Definitions
---------------------
3.1 Socket Services
/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.
3.2 Card Services
/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.
4.0 Hints
-----
- For OS/2 Warp 3.0, 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 3.0. To run this program,
type "RMVIEW" at the OS/2 command prompt and press ENTER. You can
see short help with "/?" option.
- For OS/2 Warp 3.0, the RESERVE.SYS is used instead of the Resource
Map Utility(ICRMU01.SYS,RMUOS2AT.SYS). The RESERVE.SYS is a standard
OS/2 device driver which is included in OS/2 Warp 3.0.
RESERVE.SYS: RESERVE.SYS is used in conjunction with the Resource
Manager in two separate scenarios:
* If you are using a device driver that is not Resource Manager-aware
and you know the resources that the device uses, use RESERVE.SYS to
reserve those resources so the Resource Manager-aware drivers will
not have access to those resources.
* If you have a piece of hardware that does not tolerate the examination
of its resources, reserve the resources so the Resource Manager-aware
drivers do not examine the hardware.
To use RESERVE.SYS, place the following statement as the first line in
CONFIG.SYS:
BASEDEV=RESERVE.SYS <arguments>
Arguments:
┌───────────────────────────────────────┐
v │
├──┼── /IO: ──┬───────────┬──┬─────────┬──┴──
├── /P: ──┴─── /DW:───┤ ├─ /EXC ─┤
│ │ ├─ /MUL ─┤
├── /MEM: ──────────────┤ └─ /SHA ─┘
├── /DMA: ──────────────┤
└── /IRQ: ──────────────┘
┌────────┬──────────┬───────────────┬─────────────────────────────────┐
│ Switch │ Format │ Example │ Description │
├────────┼──────────┼───────────────┼─────────────────────────────────┤
│ /IO: │ /IO:x,x │ /IO:340,4 │ Reserve IO ports. │
│ │ │ │ The first number is the base │
│ │ │ │ port in HEX, and is followed by │
│ │ │ │ the length (number of ports) in │
│ │ │ │ HEX. │
├────────┼──────────┼───────────────┼─────────────────────────────────┤
│ /P: │ /P:x,x │ /P:340,4 │ same as /IO: │
├────────┼──────────┼───────────────┼─────────────────────────────────┤
│ /MEM: │ /MEM:x,x │ /MEM:CA00,100 │ Reserve Memory. │
│ │ │ │ The first number is the base │
│ │ │ │ memory address in HEX, with the │
│ │ │ │ assumption that the address is │
│ │ │ │ XXXX:0, and is followed by the │
│ │ │ │ length (number of address) in │
│ │ │ │ HEX. │
├────────┼──────────┼───────────────┼─────────────────────────────────┤
│ /DMA: │ /DMA:x │ /DMA:2 │ Reserve DMA Channel │
│ │ │ │ The number is in decimal format.│
├────────┼──────────┼───────────────┼─────────────────────────────────┤
│ /IRQ: │ /IRQ:x │ /IRQ:13 │ Reserve IRQ. │
│ │ │ │ The number is in decimal format.│
├────────┼──────────┼───────────────┼─────────────────────────────────┤
│ /EXC │ /EXC │ /EXC │ Exclusive resource attribute. │
├────────┼──────────┼───────────────┼─────────────────────────────────┤
│ /MUL │ /MUL │ /MUL │ Multiplexed resource attribute. │
├────────┼──────────┼───────────────┼─────────────────────────────────┤
│ /SHA │ /SHA │ /SHA │ Shared resource attribute. │
├────────┼──────────┼───────────────┼─────────────────────────────────┤
│ /DW: │ /DW:x │ /DW:10 │ Decode width of IO address. │
│ │ │ │ Valid numbers are 10 and 16. │
│ │ │ │ Only valid with /IO: switch. │
└────────┴──────────┴───────────────┴─────────────────────────────────┘
More than one resource attribute per-resource entry is an error and
is not allowed. If no attribute or decode width is set, the default
is EXCLUSIVE and 16 respectively. For example, to reserve an IRQ 13
EXCLUSIVE, DMA 0 SHARED, MEMORY CA00:0 for 1000 hex-bytes shared,
IO ports 340 for 10 hex-ports EXCLUSIVE and with a decode width of 16,
and IO ports 300 for 64 hex-ports with a decode width of 10, the
following is specified:
BASEDEV=RESERVE.SYS /IRQ:13 /DMA:0 /SHA /MEM:CA00,1000 /SHA /IO:340,10
/IO:300,64 /DW:10
- All the PC cards, which have been powered off in the utility, will
be powered on when you exit from the IBM PlayAtWill Installation
Program utility.
4.1 Storage PC Cards
- Before using a brand-new FLASH PC Card, you have to initialize the
card with the 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 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 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 PlayAtWill 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.
4.2 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 PlayAtWill
Installation Program for OS/2" diskette. Please refer to the
\SAMPLES directory on the diskette.
- 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 PC Cards
must be specified. For example, if you have four PCMCIA slots:
BASEDEV=PCM2ATA.ADD /S:4 /!DM /NOBEEP
- 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.
- 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'.
- If you use a ThinkPad 760 E, ED, EL, or ELD without any docking/port
replicator support place a REM in front of IBM2SS04.SYS in CONFIG.SYS
'REM BASEDEV=IBM2SS04.SYS
- If you use a ThinkPad 760 E, ED, EL, or ELD with Dock III (SelectaDock)
REM in front of IBM2SS04.SYS in CONFIG.SYS and add /D option to
IBM2SS14.SYS
'REM BASEDEV=IBM2SS04.SYS'
'BASEDEV=IBM2SS14.SYS /D'
- If you use a ThinkPad 760 E, ED, EL, or ELD with Dock II add /D to
IBM2SS04.SYS.
'BASEDEV=IBM2SS04.SYS /D'
5.0 Enhanced Features
-----------------
- New Storage PC Card Drivers which support ATA, SRAM and FLASH PC Cards.
- New Auto Configurator which can be customized easily to support a
variety of I/O PC Cards.
- New utility programs:
- ATA Mount Utility which enables multiple partitions on a ATA PC Card.
- Auto Configurator Utility which helps users with customization.
- New IBM PlayAtWill Installation Program Utility which provides greater usability:
- Power control for the PC Cards (ThinkPad Only).
- Information on errors, PC Card resources, System resources, and
more.
- New sample installation/configuration files.
- New problem determination scenario in the manual.
- New Virtual Card Services driver which supports MVDM environments.
- CSSCSI.SYS client driver is no longer needed. This function has been
implemented in FD16-700.ADD.
6.0 Files
-----
READ.ME : This file
PCMINST2.DAT : Installation program for OS/2, data file
PCMINST2.EXE : Installation program for OS/2
PCMCIA.CRD : PC Card Support List
EZPLAY2.DLL : IBM PlayAtWill Installation Program Utility for OS/2
EZPLAY2.HLP : IBM PlayAtWill Installation Program Utility for OS/2, help file
EZP2MRI.DLL : IBM PlayAtWill Installation Program Utility for OS/2, text portion
PCMCIA.SYS : Card Services driver for OS/2
IBM2SSxx.SYS : Socket Services driver for OS/2
SS2PCIC1.SYS : Socket Services driver for PCIC controller
SS2TCIC1.SYS : Socket Services driver for TCIC controller
VPCMCIA.SYS : Virtual Card Services driver for OS/2
$ICPMOS2.SYS : PCMCIA Power Management Support driver for OS/2 (ThinkPad Only)
PAWFLDR.ICO : IBM PlayAtWill Installation Program Folder ICON file
LOGO_1.ICO : PC Card Logo
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 Driver for OS/2
FD16-700.ADD : Future Domain SCSI PCCard Driver for OS/2
7.0 Restore
-------
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.
For IBM ThinkPad, the default target directory is '\THINKPAD'.
For all other laptops, the default target directory is '\EZPLAY'.
For example if boot drive is c then
'copy c:\EZPLAY\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 PlayAtWill object from your desktop by dragging it to
the shredder or by deleting it using other methods.
8.0 Possible Problems
-----------------
1) The IBM ThinkPad 760 ED,ELD,EL,and E has a problem with
some SRAM cards. If you format the SRAM card on the top slot you
can not read this card from the bottom slot. It is recommended that
you always format SRAM on the bottom slot.
2) If you are adding Dock Manager code. On some Thinkpads when you
insert a flash card the machine will hang. To fix the problem you
need to take the "/D" off of the socket service driver or remove
Dock Manager.