Windows NT Driver (Beta Release)
This driver is compatible with the March 1993 Preliminary Release of
Windows NT If you have an older version of Windows NT you must
upgrade to the March (or later) release. The ALWAYS NT driver
supports all SCSI peripherals supported by NT including: hard disks,
CD-ROMs, tape drives, optical drives, etc.
All ALWAYS IN-2000 adapters may be used with Windows NT HOWEVER you
must have hardware serial ROM version 2.7 or later installed. Contact
ALWAYS Technical support for information on upgrades.
Windows NT is supplied on CD-ROM. Make sure that your model CD-ROM
is listed in the NT compatibility guide.
In this root directory are three files required for NT installation of :
* ALWAYS.SYS
* TXTSETUP.BAT
* WINNTTAG
PROCEDURE
1. Insert NT boot diskette and boot system.
2. When the initial setup screen appears choose "ENTER" to setup NT
3. Choose "CUSTOM" setup then enter "C" to continue. NT will scan
for SCSI adapters.
4. Choose "S" to configure a SCSI adapter.
5. Highlight "OTHER" and depress <ENTER>. NT will now ask for
the manufacturers driver diskette.
6. Insert your ALWAYS NT driver diskette (this diskette) into
drive A: then depress <ENTER>
7. Highlight "ALWAYS Technology IN-2000 SCSI Host Adapter" then
depress <ENTER>.
NOTE:
Up to four IN-2000's may be used. Each adapter must be
at a different I/O and BIOS address. At least one adapter
must have BIOS enabled for booting from the hard disk.
Prioity sequence of adapters is by I/O address not BIOS
address. Therefore select the lowest I/O address and
ensure that the BIOS is enabled on the adapter connect to
the drive you wish to boot from.
8. On the next screen depress <ENTER> unless you wish to
install a different model of adapter.
9. If the list of configuration items present on the screen
are correct depress <ENTER> to continue. At this point
the driver for the IN-2000 has been loaded and your system
can now access the CD-ROM drive.
10. It is now time to create or choose hard disk partitions.
Follow the procedure supplied with Windows NT NT will
ask you to choose a drive and partition to install its
software, from the CD-ROM. Once you dress <ENTER> the
system will commence copying files to the approprate
partiton.
NOTE: It may take 15 minutes or longer for all of the
files to be copied. A "% Completed Bar" advises
you of progress.
11. Once all files have been copied remove the diskette from
drive A: and reboot you system.