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- OS/2 Driver README File Version 1.01
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- | IBM OS/2 2.x disk driver |
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- PTI1S506.ADD is the driver for the IBM OS/2 2.0 and IBM OS/2 2.1.
- Please read all the information before preceding with the install.
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- You will only need this driver under the following situations:
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- - You want to install TURBO MODE under OS/2.
- - Your Disk Accelerator is installed as the PRIMARY disk controller
- with more than two IDE drives attached.
- - Your Disk Accelerator works as the SECONDARY disk controller.
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- THIRD AND FOURTH PARTITION SETUP
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- IMPORTANT - Please read this section if your controller has drives
- supported on the second IDE bus connector.
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- It is recommended to use only OS/2 drive partitioning utility for the
- third and fourth HDs. With an OS/2 partition utility, make LOGICAL
- UNITS on these drives. PRIMARY Partitions should be created on ONLY
- THE FIRST TWO HDs. These recommendations are made to avoid changing
- the original OS/2 assigned drive order. The OS/2 error message after
- the driver is loaded in config.sys "Cannot Find COUNTRY.SYS" is a
- symptom of this setup problem.
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- ALL partitions created from a DOS partition utility on the third and
- fourth hard drives will produce this problem.
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- If your PROMISE Disk Accelerator is installed as the PRIMARY
- controller, Hard Drives D2 and D3 (i.e. the "THIRD" and "FOURTH" HDs)
- attached to the second connector should be partitioned as LOGICAL
- UNITS through the OS/2 partitioning.
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- If your PROMISE Disk Accelerator is installed as the SECONDARY
- controller, ALL partitions on the controller should be created as
- LOGICAL UNITS.
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- These are the steps to recreate existing PRIMARY partitions as LOGICAL
- UNITS.
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- 1. Backup the data.
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- Backup any necessary data stored on D2 and/or D3.
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- 2. Delete the D2/D3 partition(s).
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- Delete the PRIMARY partition(s) created on D2 and/or D3. From a DOS
- BOOT, use the "SIFDISK.EXE" utility from the PROMISE DOS Utility
- diskette to accomplish this.
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- WARNING: Deleting partitions will destroy data. Be careful to
- select the correct drive partition(s) you wish to delete.
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- 3. Install the PTI1S506.ADD driver in OS/2.
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- Follow steps under the "DRIVER INSTALLATION" below. Boot OS/2
- with the PTI1S506.ADD driver installed to access the third and
- fourth physical drives.
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- 4. Create partitions as LOGICAL UNIT(s) on D2 and or D3.
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- Open the "Drives" folder in the OS/2 desktop and run the FIXED DISK
- UTILITY. Partition the drive(s) as LOGICAL.
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- 5. Format the partitions.
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- Proceed to Format the new partition(s).
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- 6. Restore data.
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- Restore the backed up data onto the partition(s).
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- DRIVER INSTALLATION
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- Please follow the steps below for installing the driver for the PROMISE
- Disk Accelerator.
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- 1. Install the OS/2 driver.
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- Copy PTI1S506.ADD to the OS2 directory of your system.
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- Add BASEDEV = PTI1S506.ADD in the CONFIG.SYS file.
- Note: This statement must not contain either drive or path
- informartion.
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- If your mainboard CPU has a 16-bit external bus (for example, IBM
- 486 SLC2), add the /W parameter to the statement. If no parameter
- is specified, the controller will function under the default 32-bit
- data access mode.
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- 2. Delete the "BASEDEV = IBM1S506.ADD" device setting.
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- Delete the command line "BASEDEV = IBM1S506.ADD" from the
- CONFIG.SYS file, if it exists.
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- 3. Reboot the system.
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- The following switches are available on this driver and may apply to
- your system:
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- /V : Verbose - display driver information at initial time
- /I : Ignore adapter - driver will not initialize the adapter indicated
- /<!>R : Reset adapter - enable or disable reset
- /<!>DM: DASD Manager support - enable or disable IBM-supplied DASD device
- manager
- /T : drive Timeout - the total allowable error recover time
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