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- BusLogic FlashPoint PCI SCSI Host Adapter Driver
- For Microsoft Windows 95
- Version 2.00
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- I. Introduction
- ===============
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- This README file contains compressed installation instruction and
- notes on configuring tunable paramenters for the BusLogic FlashPoint
- Windows 95 device driver. For more detailed installation instruction
- and other information, please refer to the manual included with the
- software package.
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- II. Installation
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- This installation procedure describes the steps involved in installing
- the FlashPoint protected-mode driver under Windows 95.
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- 1. Use the FlashPoint DOS ASPI driver, FLASHPT.SYS, to do the
- initial portion of Win95 install from CDROM. After the system
- prompts you to reboot, it continues through the rest of Win95
- installation normally using only the BIOS. At no point during
- the install will you be prompted to provide the FlashPoint device
- driver.
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- 2. When the installation is finished and the system is rebooted
- for the first time, a warning message appears noting that the
- system is not configured for optimal performance.
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- 3. Pressing the "Details" button. (The message indicates that all
- devices are running in MS-DOS compatibility mode. This is because
- all I/O requests are still routed through the BIOS interface and
- the FlashPoint protected-mode driver has not yet been installed.)
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- 4. Click the Device Manager button. Once in the Device Manager, the
- following is displayed:
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- ? Other Devices
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- 5. Click on "? Other Devices", then on "PCI SCSI Bus Controller".
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- 6. Choose "Change Driver", "Other Devices", "Unknown Devices", and
- "Have Disk" options, respectively. You will be prompted to
- insert the the driver diskette for the unrecognized card.
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- 7. Place the Device Drivers diskette containing the FlashPoint
- Windows 95 driver in drive A:. (The diskette contains two files --
- FlashPt.MPD and FlashPt.INF.)
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- 8. After providing the diskette containing the driver, a popup message
- displays, stating:
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- BusLogic FlashPoint PCI SCSI Adapter Has a ROM
- Windows cannot determine whether it can remove this
- device safely. To try removing this device, make sure
- you have closed all your documents and programs and
- then click Test.
-
- If the test is successful, you can probably remove this
- device safely. If you encounter problems, you cannot remove
- this device safely while Windows is running.
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- Caution:
- -------
- Avoid running the test as it hangs the system.
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- 9. At this point, you will be prompted to reboot so the new changes
- can take effect.
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- NOTE:
- -----
- If you want to load the FlashPoint DOS driver in config.sys under
- Windows 95, you must edit the file \Windows\IOS.INI (the "Safe Driver
- List") and add the real mode FlashPoint DOS driver (FLASHPT.SYS) entry.
- This inform Windows 95 to allow the protect mode FlashPoint driver
- (FlashPt.MPD) to load when the real mode FlashPoint driver is present.
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- III. Configurating Tunable Parameters
- =====================================
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- The following tunable (user-configurable) parameter(s) are supported:
-
- MaxQueueTags - Parameter to control the maximum queue tag
- depth on tagged queuing devices attached to
- a given adapter. The driver defaults to a
- tag queue depth of 8. Valid values are 1 to 60.
-
- To modify a tunable parameter under Windows 95, invoke the Windows 95
- Device Manager as follows:
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- 1. From the Control Panel, choose Settings, then click on the System
- icon.
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- 2. Click on the Device Manager button.
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- 3. Click on SCSI Controllers.
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- 4. Click on BusLogic FlashPoint SCSI Host Adapters.
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- 5. Click on the Settings button.
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- 6. At the Adapter Settings prompt, type in the tunable parameter
- (multiple parameters must be separated by a semicolon).
-
- Example: To specify a maximum tag queue depth, where xx is a
- value between 1 and 60 inclusive, type:
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- MaxQueueTags=xx
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- Version: $Id: readme.txt 1.2 1996/02/09 22:40:52 awin Exp $
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