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- @@DRIVE_TABLE_BIOS
-
- Please select the SyQuest device you want to work on by moving
- the cursor up or down until the bar covers the correct device,
- and then pressing the ENTER key.
-
- ENTER (RETURN on some systems) always selects the menu entry
- that is highlighted, and ESC moves you back to the previous
- menu without performing the function.
-
- The Drive Table menu displays all drives that can be accessed
- through I/O ports 1F0h-1F7h, 170h-177h, 1E0h-1E7h and SyQuest
- and SyDOS Parallel to IDE adapters. These ports are called
- Primary IDE ports, Secondary IDE ports, and Tertiary IDE ports.
-
- Primary IDE ports are standard for IDE drives. Secondary ports
- are available on some newer PCs and specialized IDE controllers.
- Tertiary IDE ports are available on SyQuest SQ08 IDE controller.
- RLL drives and ESDI drives may or may not showed up on the drive
- table. MFM drives and SCSI drives generally does not show up.
-
- Only SyQuest IDE devices can be selected by this utility.
-
- If your SyQuest IDE device is installed but not on the
- menu, check your installation. Possible reasons are:
-
- 1. IRQ conflicts,
- 2. Interface cable not attached correctly or is
- upside down,
- 3. Power connector not attached to the device,
- 4. IDE adapter not installed correctly in bus slot,
- 5. IDE adapter BIOS conflicts with other BIOS in your
- system,
- 6. You have not run the Parallel to IDE driver program
- (PORTMGR.COM),
- 7. You are using a "INTELLIGENT IDE CONTROLLER".
- 8. One of the components does not work properly.
-
- The last item in the menu, titled "DISPLAY ADAPTER ROM MAP" can
- show you where Adapter ROM's are installed in your system. If
- you need to install a SyQuest IDE adapter with BIOS enabled, this
- information can be used for determining which BIOS address to use.
-
- @@DRIVE_TABLE
-
- Please select the SyQuest device you want to work on by moving
- the cursor up or down until the bar covers the correct device,
- and then pressing the ENTER key.
-
- ENTER (RETURN on some systems) always selects the menu entry
- that is highlighted, and ESC moves you back to the previous
- menu without performing the function.
-
- The Drive Table menu displays all drives that can be accessed
- through I/O ports 1F0h-1F7h, 170h-177h, 1E0h-1E7h and SyQuest
- and SyDOS Parallel to IDE adapters. These ports are called
- Primary IDE ports, Secondary IDE ports, and Tertiary IDE ports.
-
- Primary IDE ports are standard for IDE drives. Secondary ports
- are available on some newer PCs and specialized IDE controllers.
- Tertiary IDE ports are available on SyQuest SQ08 IDE controller.
- RLL drives and ESDI drives may or may not showed up on the drive
- table. MFM drives and SCSI drives generally does not show up.
-
- Only SyQuest IDE devices can be selected by this utility.
-
- If your SyQuest IDE device is installed but not on the menu,
- check your installation. Possible reasons are:
-
- 1. IRQ conflicts,
- 2. Interface cable not attached correctly or is
- upside down,
- 3. Power connector not attached to the device,
- 4. IDE adapter not installed correctly in bus slot,
- 5. IDE adapter BIOS conflicts with other BIOS in your
- system,
- 6. You have not run the Parallel to IDE driver program
- 7. You are using a "INTELLIGENT IDE CONTROLLER".
- 8. One of the components does not work properly.
-
- @@INSTALL_UFS
-
- This menu allows you to select one of five options:
-
- 1. Partition/Format Cartridge For DOS:
-
- Support displaying, creating, or deleting of DOS partitions
- and volumes. This performs the same functions as DOS FDISK
- and FORMAT. Select this option if you are preparing a new
- SyQuest cartridge.
-
- 2. Format a Partitioned Cartridge:
-
- Supports formatting of a previously partitioned cartridge.
- This performs the same function as the DOS FORMAT.COM.
- Select this option if you want to use a partitioned SyQuest
- cartridge but do not want to keep your old data.
-
- 3. Display All Logical Volumes:
-
- Details about the DOS volumes that were created on this
- cartridge are displayed.
-
- 4. Replace Master Boot Code:
-
- The first sector on you hard disks are called the master boot
- records. A master boot record contains partition information
- and code for selecting one of the partition to boot from.
-
- When you start your system from the hard disk, the BIOS reads
- the master boot record from the first hard disk and transfers
- control it. The Master Boot Code then locates the bootable
- partition and reads in its first sector and transfers control
- to it.
-
- Normal master boot code on the cartridge (generated by FDISK
- or DOS setup program) may fail to boot the system if it is
- used on a different type of SyQuest drive or on a SyQuest
- drive of the same type on a different system.
-
- This option will replace the Master Boot Code on the
- cartridge with a special Boot Code so it may be booted from
- on another system.
-
- 5. Diagnostic Functions:
-
- These are diagnostic functions that can help you determine
- if your drive and cartridge are in good condition. In
- some cases, you may be able to recover your otherwise
- damaged cartridge.
-
- A partition is a contiguous area that is allocated for specific
- use by an operating system. A volume is a logical area within a
- partition that holds a unique file system (e.g. DOS volume C:).
-
- Two kinds of partitions are supported:
-
- Primary partition:
-
- This partition is for a single DOS volume that can be booted from
- if it is on the first disk drive in the system.
-
- Extended partition:
-
- This partition must be subdivided into one or more volumes before
- it can be used. Volumes in this partition are not bootable.
-
- @@INSTALL_UF
-
- This menu allows you to select one of the four options:
-
- 1. Partition/Format Cartridge For DOS:
-
- Support displaying, creating, or deleting of DOS partitions
- and volumes. This performs the same functions as DOS FDISK
- and FORMAT. Select this option if you are preparing a new
- SyQuest cartridge.
-
- 2. Format a Partitioned Cartridge:
-
- Supports formatting of a previously partitioned cartridge.
- This performs the same function as the DOS FORMAT.COM.
- Select this option if you want to use a partitioned SyQuest
- cartridge but do not want to keep your old data.
-
- 3. Display All Logical Volumes:
-
- Details about the DOS volumes that were created on this
- cartridge are displayed.
-
- 4. Replace Master Boot Code:
-
- The first sector on you hard disks are called the master boot
- records. A master boot record contains partition information
- and code for selecting one of the partition to boot from.
-
- When you start your system from the hard disk, the BIOS reads
- the master boot record from the first hard disk and transfers
- control it. The Master Boot Code then locates the bootable
- partition and reads in its first sector and transfers control
- to it.
-
- Normal master boot code on the cartridge (generated by FDISK
- or DOS setup program) may fail to boot the system if it is
- used on a different type of SyQuest drive or on a SyQuest
- drive of the same type on a different system.
-
- This option will replace the Master Boot Code on the
- cartridge with a special Boot Code so it may be booted from
- on another system.
-
- A partition is a contiguous area that is allocated for specific
- use by an operating system. A volume is a logical area within a
- partition that holds a unique file system (e.g. DOS volume C:).
-
- Two kinds of partitions are supported:
-
- Primary partition:
-
- This partition is for a single DOS volume that can be booted from
- if it is on the first disk drive in the system.
-
- Extended partition:
-
- This partition must be subdivided into one or more volumes before
- it can be used. Volumes in this partition are not bootable.
-
- @@INSTALL_US
-
- This menu allows you to select one of the two options:
-
- 1. Replace Master Boot Code:
-
- The first sector on you hard disks are called the master boot
- records. A master boot record contains partition information
- and code for selecting one of the partition to boot from.
-
- When you start your system from the hard disk, the BIOS reads
- the master boot record from the first hard disk and transfers
- control it. The Master Boot Code then locates the bootable
- partition and reads in its first sector and transfers control
- to it.
-
- Normal master boot code on the cartridge (generated by FDISK
- or DOS setup program) may fail to boot the system if it is
- used on a different type of SyQuest drive or on a SyQuest
- drive of the same type on a different system.
-
- This option will replace the Master Boot Code on the
- cartridge with a special Boot Code so it may be booted from
- on another system.
-
- 2. Diagnostic Functions:
-
- These are diagnostic functions that can help you determine
- if your drive and cartridge are in good condition. In
- some cases, you may be able to recover your otherwise
- damaged cartridge.
-
- @@PREPARE
-
- This menu allows you to display, create, or delete partitions
- and volumes on your cartridge.
-
- A partition is a contiguous area that is allocated for specific
- use by an operating system. A volume is a logical area within a
- partition that holds a unique file system (e.g. DOS volume C:).
-
- Two kinds of partitions are supported:
-
- Primary partition:
-
- This partition is for a single DOS volume that can be booted from
- if it is on the first disk drive in the system.
-
- Extended partition:
-
- This partition must be subdivided into one or more volumes before
- it can be used. Volumes in this partition are not bootable.
-
- When volumes are created, the utility will automatically
- perform the following:
-
- * Create FAT tables and directories (format)
-
- * If it is the primary volume, system files will
- be transferred to make the cartridge bootable
-
- 1. Automatic DOS Preparation:
-
- This function executes default partitioning, and prepares the
- volumes as described above. The default partitions are
- different, depending on level of DOS. DOS 3.31 and above
- create one large primary volume on the cartridge. DOS levels
- 3.30 and below create a single 32 MByte primary volume.
- The remainder of the cartridge is divided into 32 MByte or less
- extended volumes.
-
- 2. Customized DOS Partitions:
-
- Allows you to create partitions of whatever size you want.
- Also allows you to delete partitions and volumes you have
- already created.
-
- 3. Display All Logical Volumes:
-
- The details on the DOS volumes defined on the cartridge are
- displayed.
-
- @@CUSTOMIZE
-
- This menu allows you to create or delete partitions and volumes.
-
- Deleting a partition or volume will destroy all the data
- contained in that entity. BE CAREFUL!
-
- Two options are presented for creating partitions: Create Primary
- or Create Extended. Only a primary partition can be made bootable.
-
- An extended (or secondary) partition can occupy any amount of
- space on your cartridge and must be subdivided into volumes. Once
- you have defined the size of the extended partition, the utility
- steps you through dividing the extended partition into volumes.
-
- Three forms of deleting are presented. You can delete a DOS
- partition, individual volumes within an extended partition, or
- everything. The utility redundantly asks you before actually
- deleting the partition or volume.
-
- @@DEL_PART
-
- The Delete Partition menu allows you to visually select a
- partition you wish to delete.
-
- Deleting a partition will destroy all the contents of the
- partition. If the partition is a Extended Partition, all volumes
- in that partitions will be destroyed. BE CAREFUL!
-
- @@DEL_VOL
-
- This menu allows you to visually select a volume within the
- extended partition that you wish to delete.
-
- Deleting a volume will destroy all the contents of the volume.
- BE CAREFUL!
-
- @@NO_HELP
-
- No help is available for this menu.
- Please refer to your User's Manual.
-
- @@DOS_FMT
-
- Format a DOS Volume will allow you to rebuild the volume
- directories and FAT tables. This function is performed
- automatically when a volume is created by this utility and
- identical to the DOS utility, FORMAT.COM. It will destroy
- all data within the volume.
-
- @@DISP_VOL
-
- The details on the DOS volumes that are defined on this
- cartridge are displayed along with the DOS Drive Letter
- assignment. If the drive letter shows '?', it means that
- either the volume is not labeled or the volume is not currently
- accessible due to one of the following reasons
-
- 1. The current cartridge contains more volumes than the one
- with which you booted your system.
-
- 2. There are LARGE partitions on the cartridge but you are
- using DOS 3.3 or below.
-
- 3. The FILE SYSTEM (DOS system data) on that volume is damaged.
-
- 4. The SyQuest driver is not installed.
-
- If the volume is not labeled. You can use DOS LABEL command to
- create a label. Volume label helps SyQuest driver keep track of
- media change more efficiently.
-
- @@OTHER_U
-
- The Diagnostic Functions menu is a collection of support functions
- that are for diagnostic or special purposes.
-
- 1. Random Seek Test:
-
- Randomly seeks across the cartridge until you stop the test.
- The test will report any errors encountered.
-
- 2. Verify Test:
-
- Performs a read-only scan of all sectors on the cartridge.
- Any errors encountered are reported.
-
- 3. Surface Analysis of the Entire Cartridge:
-
- This function allows you to perform an extended analysis of
- the media. A variety of pre-selected patterns will be run,
- and any errors encountered will be reported. This function
- destroys all data on the cartridge.
-
- This option is not available on SQ1080 or some versions of
- SQ2542.
-
- 4. This option changes the operating mode of the SQ2542.
-
- Most SyQuest IDE drives can operate in SAFE or UNSAFE mode.
- Under SAFE mode, the drive posts media change error on all
- data commands after a media change until an ACKNOWLEDGE MEDIA
- CHANGE COMMAND is received. In UNSAFE mode, the drive posts
- media change error only once, subsequent command will be
- carried out.
-
- SAFE mode is designed to protect against data corruption when
- the host operating system is not removable IDE drive aware.
-
- Only the SQ2542 operating mode can be set via software.
- SQ3105 and SQ3270 operating mode are set via jumpers.
- @@ROM
- Show all the ADAPTER ROMs in your system between C000:0 and DFFF:F.
-
- If you do not have a SyQuest IDE board, this information is purely
- F.Y.I..
-
- If you need to install a SyQuest IDE Adapter with BIOS, this can help
- you determine which BIOS address to set on the board.
-
- Your IDE Adapter BIOS can be set at C800, CA00, D800 or DC00. The
- size of the BIOS is 8K.
-
- The primary ports and IRQ 14 are used by most MFM, RLL or ESDI disk
- controllers plus a few SCSI Host Bus Adapters. You must not select
- them if you already have such board in your system.
-
- IRQ 14 must be used with Primary I/O Ports. If you wish to use them,
- you must either enable the BIOS and set your CMOS drive type to
- zero, or Disable the BIOS and set up your CMOS drive type.
-
- If you use DOS and do not want to boot from your SyQuest drive, we
- recommend that you disable the BIOS, use Secondary ports, and use
- IRQ 15.
- @
-