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- FUENTEZ SYSTEMS CONCEPTS, INC 3/15/94
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-
- General Operating Instructions for Viewing CD-ROM Sectors
-
- ***NOTE: Assure that ANSI.SYS is enabled in your config.sys file!
- e.g. DEVICE=C:\DOS\ANSI.SYS
-
- 1. Copy your FD/CDROM directory files to a work directory on
- your Hard Disk.
-
- 2. The procedure uses Microsoft's MSCDEX.EXE and diagnostic routine,
- TESTDRV.EXE to interface to your CD-ROM reader. The routine TESTDRV.EXE
- looks at the data file TESTDRV.PRO for its directives; you should
- configure, with any editor, TESTDRV.PRO for your system as follows:
-
- (Note: if your CD-ROM reader does not use MSCDEX.EXE, this procedure
- may not work!)
-
- a. Change the CD-ROM name in the line "DriverName = cd_rom_name" to
- agree with the one used in your config.sys file in the MSCDEX line
- parameter /D:cd_rom_name.
- b. In the line which reads "HSGSectors =" enter the sector number
- you wish to dump: the sector number is in hex form nnnnnn, e.g.
- 000013 for hex sector 13. HSGSectors = 000013, 00001A, 000020
- c. Change the file name in the line "OUTPUT = file-name" to your
- choice, say "mydump" - e.g. "OUTPUT = mydump"
- 3. Now execute "CDBATCH mydump" which will either present the sector
- displayed in compliance with the SecureCD specification if "SECURECD"
- is properly found in the system area, else the statement "Unsecured
- CD-ROM ..." is displayed. The dumped sector may be viewed in the file
- "mydump" if you're inclined to view it.
-
- 4. By adding a second parameter: xyz, to the command line
- "CDBATCH mydump xyz" you will see a sample display of the sector
- data proposed for encryption by SIGCLASS in the SecureCD Specification.
-
- This composite set of routines let you view CD-ROM segments which are
- defined by positional hex numbers ######h; the composite was originally
- constructed to view the CD-ROM system sectors 0-16 and, more significantly,
- to view the specific segment data defined by the SIGCLASS Committee of
- SIGCAT for classified CD-ROMs. It may be easily modified to view (in hex
- and ascii Norton dump format) any sector(s) according to the instructions
- below.
-
- Pour the composite of files into some test directory and run from your
- hard disk: CDBATCH DUMPFILE (xyz)
-
- This composite requires MSCDEX.EXE (ver 2.2+) and TESTDRV.EXE which are
- Microsoft (MS Corp.) public domain and are executable on IBM DOS PC
- compatibles with a CD-ROM reader device. MSCDEX are the Microsoft CD
- Extensions which provide the interface to the CD-ROM reader. The
- TESTDRV.EXE procedure was used because MS "invented this wheel" to
- test several different CD-ROM readers so that the composite is not
- singular manufacturer device dependent.( The disclaimer is that it
- may not work with your CD-ROM reader; it has worked with several that
- we have tried...and it is offered as free software!!)
-
- The TESTDRV.EXE procedure requires a parameter list, TESTDRV.PRO, which
- defines the relationship between the CD-ROM reader device and TESTDRV.EXE.
- TESTDRV.PRO is an ascii editable file, self explanatory, with the
- following key args:
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- DriverName = TSLCD ; the driver to test, same as mscdex, and is
- typically defined as /D:TSLCD name in your
- config.sys file.
-
- HSGSectors = 000002,000005,000015,000020 ; CD-ROM sector numbers which
- are to be dumped.
-
- OUTPUT = OUTDATA ; Target file name where the dump data is
- sent.
-
- These events are scheduled in the CDBATCH.BAT file and may be executed
- as standalone. The CDBATCH file takes the process one step further
- by formatting the OUTPUT (first/only) sector data into the SIGCLASS
- field data defined for CD-ROMs. This is accomplished with CDROM15.EXE.
- See the SIGCLASS publication for the blueprint of these fields.
-
- NOTE: if you wish to view a sample of the SIGCLASS field layouts with
- test data supplied, add a second alpha argument to the CDBATCH
- command line. The first argument is the OUTDATA file name. Modify
- the composite for your own comfort level.
-
- e.g CDBATCH OUTDATA XYZ
-
-
- For more information and assistance with the above sector information, please
- contact:
- Mr. Art Lomker
- Fuentez Systems Concepts
- 11781 Lee Jackson Hwy. Suite 700
- Fairfax, Va. 22033
- 703-273-1447 Fax: 703-273-2972
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