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- README file for ATAPI CD-ROM device driver
- ===================================================================
-
- I. Introduction
- II. Requirements
- III. Installation Procedures
- IV. Changing Settings after Installation
-
- I. Introduction
- ================
- This CD-ROM package comes with an installation utility. This utility
- installs the necessary CD-ROM software device driver needed by your
- CD-ROM drive to interface with your PC system.
-
- Files
- -----
- The drive installation diskette includes the following files:
-
- README.TXT -- This user information text file
- INSTALL.EXE -- CD-ROM installation program
- AOATAPI.SYS -- CD-ROM device driver
-
-
-
- II. Requirements
- =================
-
- Hardware Requirements
- ---------------------
- 1. IBM PC/AT or compatible (80386-base system or higher recommended)
- 2. Minimum VGA graphic display
- 3. Minimum 2M RAM recommended
- 4. one free IDE socket
- 5. one CD-ROM drive
-
- Software Requirement
- --------------------
- 1. Microsoft Windows 3.1 or later
- 2. MS-DOS version 6.0 or later
- 3. MS-DOS CD-Extension (MSCDEX 2.21) or later
-
-
-
- III. Installation Procedures
- ============================
-
- To install CD-ROM device driver, please follow the steps below:
-
- 1. Insert the installation diskette in your system's 3.5-inch floppy
- disk drive.
-
- 2. Change the directory to that of your floppy disk drive, and type
- the following at the DOS prompt:
-
- INSTALL <Enter>
-
- 3. Follow the screen instructions to complete the installation.
-
- 4. Reboot system to activate the driver.
-
-
- In general, you can just continuously press the Enter key to install
- the default settings. A directory (default C:\CDROM) containing the
- CD-ROM driver will be created during installation. Your AUTOEXEC.BAT
- and CONFIG.SYS files will also be modified to include the following
- lines:
-
- CONFIG.SYS :
- [common]
- DEVICE=C:\CDROM\AOATAPI.SYS /D:IDECD000
-
-
- AUTOEXEC.BAT :
- C:\DOS\MSCDEX.EXE /D:IDECD000
-
-
-
- IV. Changing Settings after Installation
- =========================================
-
- To reconfigure the settings of the CD-ROM driver, use a text editor,
- such as EDIT.COM, to modify the previous two command lines in CONFIG.SYS
- and AUTOEXEC.BAT and then restart your computer to activate it.
-
-
- Changing the CONFIG.SYS file, and enabling DMA function
- -------------------------------------------------------
- DEVICE=<path>\AOATAPI.SYS /D:<device_name> [/DMA] [/P:xxx,yy]
-
- The <device_name> is the name MSCDEX will use to find the device
- driver. The maximum length of <device_name> string is 8 characters.
-
- Example:
- DEVICE=C:\CDROM\AOATAPI.SYS /D:IDECD000 /P:1F0,14
- OR DEVICE=C:\CDROM\AOATAPI.SYS /D:IDECD000 /DMA /P:1F0,14
- OR DEVICE=C:\CDROM\AOATAPI.SYS /D:IDECD000 /UDMA /P:1F0,14
- OR DEVICE=C:\CDROM\AOATAPI.SYS /D:IDECD000 /q /P:1F0,14
-
- The option "/DMA" enables BUS MASTER function if your mother board
- supports this function.
- The option "/UDMA" enables ULTRA DMA function if your mother board
- supports this function.
- **Another option "/q" or "/Q" enable quick mode. (Default)
- Example:
- DEVICE=C:\CDROM\AOATAPI.SYS /D:IDECD000 /q /DMA /P:1F0,14
-
- ********************************************************************
- The option "/P:" specifies the I/O port address and IRQ level.
- The number xxx in hex specifies the I/O port address (such as 1F0,
- 170, 1E8, or 168 in HEX), and yy specifies the IRQ level (such as
- 14, 15, 11, or 10 in decimal).
- *** Please do not add /P option if you are not familiar ***
- *** with I/O port address and IRQ level ***
- ********************************************************************
-
-
- Changing the AUTOEXEC.BAT file
- ----------------------------
- MSCDEX /D:driver [/E] [/K] [/S] [/V] [/L:letter] [/M:number]
-
- Example:
- C:\DOS\MSCDEX /D:IDECD001 /L:G /M:10
-
- For more information, please refer to MS-DOS online help for MSCDEX
- by typing HELP MSCDEX.
-
- SPECIAL NOTE:
-
- A. How to enable Ultra DMA/33 function on 32x CD-ROM drive In Windows 95
- operation system.
-
- 1. Firstly, please check if your computer ( or motherboard) supports
- Ultra DMA/33 function. ( ex. Intel 430TX, 440LX chipset supports Ultra
- DMA/33).
-
- 2. If your computer ( or motherboard) supports Ultra DMA/33 function,
- then please enable the UDMA function in BIOS setting.
-
- 3. Please be sure to install the PCI IDE DRIVER (Win95 version) which
- supporting Ultra DMA/33 function that your computer ( or motherboard)
- supplier provided. Thus, you can enjoy the feature of Ultra DMA/33
- function in your 32x CD-ROM drive.
-
- 4. If your computer ( or motherboard) supplier didn't provide the PCI
- IDE DRIVER (Win95 version) which supporting Ultra DMA/33 function.
- Please ask your supplier to provide this driver.
-
- 5. Please do not use the DMA function of Win95 internally provided in the
- computer ( or motherboard) which supporting Ultra DMA/33 function. If you
- enable the DMA function of Win95 internally provided, it will cause your
- computer system hang up because Win95 only supports the Bus Master DMA
- function not Ultra DMA/33 function.
-
- 6. Unfortunately if your computer system hangs up, please restart your
- computer and go to BIOS setting to disable the UDMA function then start
- your computer again. Restore your default setting in Win95.
-
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