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 five files required for NT installations with the IN-2000 adapter:
* ALWAYS.SYS
* TXTSETUP.BAT
* WINNTTAG
* OEMSETUP.INF
* BOOTNT.BAT
****** NEW NT INSTALLATIONS USING THE IN-2000 AS THE PRIMARY ADAPTER ******
1. Insert NT boot diskette in drive A 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.
************ INSTALLING THE IN-2000 AS A SECONDARY ADAPTER ****************
1. Install the IN-2000 adapter into the system with it's BIOS disabled. Make sure there are no I/O address or IRQ conflicts with other adapters.
2. Boot the system to Windows NT.
3. From the NT "Main" group, select "Windows NT Setup".
4. Select "Options", then "Add/Remove SCSI Adapters". Now select "Add".
5. Scroll down through the SCSI adapter list and select "Other". Pressing the "END" key will automatically select "Other" (an NT bug).
6. Insert your IN-2000 driver diskette in drive "A" and press "ENTER".
7. Select "Always Technology IN-2000 Host Adapter" and press "ENTER".
8. On the next screen choose "Install".
9. The IN-2000 drivers are already in the root directory, so choose "Continue". The system will now copy files from the driver diskette.
10. The next screen should show the IN-2000 as one of the installed SCSI adapters. Your installation is now complete.
****** REPLACING AN EXISTING PRIMARY SCSI ADAPTER WITH THE IN-2000 ********
1. Install the IN-2000 in the system (the original SCSI adapter should remain installed, with its drives attached).
2. Follow steps 2-10 from the previous section (do not re-boot the system when prompted to do so).
3. From the "Main" group, select "MS DOS Prompt".
4. From the command line (DOS prompt) type: " A:BOOTNT " and press "ENTER"
5. Follow the on-screen instructions. Your IN-2000 drivers should now be bootable.
6. Shutdown NT, power off the system and remove the original adapter and attach the SCSI drive(s) to the IN-2000.
NT should now boot correctly from the IN-2000 adapter.
