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There are seven programs (BTDOSM.SYS, BTMDISK.SYS, BTCDROM.SYS,
BTFDISK.EXE, DMAP.EXE, WINASPI.DLL, VASPID.386 ), that support
DOS V3.3x or above, and Windows V3.x
These programs can be applied to all of the BusLogic SCSI bus master
host adapters.
1) BTDOSM.SYS V4.20E
BTDOSM.SYS is the BusLogic DOS Device Manager that supports ASPI (Advance
SCSI Programming Interface).
The DOS application program uses the ASPI DOS Manager to communicate
with the SCSI host adapter and allow access to additional SCSI
devices connected to the host adapter.
- When the system is configured with more than two hard disk drives
- When the system has more than one SCSI host adapter installed
- When the configured SCSI hard disk has a Target ID other than 0 or 1
- When you want to support a SCSI tape device, and
- When you want to support programs that use virtual memory
(i.e., Microsoft Windows V3.1, Quarterdeck QEMM 386, Qualitas 386MAX).
Configuring the BTDOSM.SYS DOS Device Manager:
The DOS ASPI manager has several new features along with the WIN-ASPI
interface module. Most of these features are related to command line
switches at install (boot) time. Along with improvements in the existing
switches, additional switches are present.
In order for the BusLogic ASPI DOS Manager files to be loaded whenever
the system is booted, the CONFIG.SYS file must contain the following
DEVICE=command. The format is as follows:
DEVICE = [path]BTDOSM.SYS [optional switches]
COMMAND LINE OPTIONAL SWITCHES:
The following options are available at this time. You may add it
into the BTDOSM.SYS driver to change the parameters of the host adapter.
/P<port address> - Sets the I/O port address that the driver will use to
communicate with the host adapter. This value
is in HEX. Valid addresses are
330 (default), 334, 230, 234, 130,and 134
The port specifier /P now is no longer required
on multiple card installations or if the card is not
on the primary port (330h). All cards are located
and are logged in. If the user wants to skip a port
that may be found, any /P switch will defeat the port
scans and only log the implicit port(s) entered.
/D - This Option will display useful information about
the attached SCSI target device.
/L - This Option will enable support for SCSI logical
units(LUNs) other than zero. The driver can recognize
all eight possible SCSI LUNs on each target.
/L16 | /L32 | /L64 Set the LUN support on WIDE SCSI cards (16, 32 or 64
LUN's)
/N<bus on time> - Valid bus on time can be between 02 and 15 usecs.
The value is in decimal. Default time is 11 usecs.
/F<bus off time> - Valid bus off time can be between 01 and 64 usecs.
The value is in decimal. Default time is 4 usecs.
/I - This option will disable the loading of the embedded
INT 13 module. When specified, INT 13 calls are
routed through the host adapter BIOS instead of
INT 13 handler in BTDOSM.SYS (only for SCSI disks
installed with the host adapter BIOS).
/E - Rescan SCSI bus on ASPI "Request Device ID" (cmd=01),
will allow dynamic rescan of the bus. The DOS manager
will discard the code if /E is not requested and
thus saving about 1.6k of memory requirements.
/B<# of Mailbox> - Allows the user to specify how many active mailboxes
and associated ccbs are allocated. Default is 4,
the user may specify between 4 to 8. Increasing the
count from 4 to 8 will require about 1.5k of
additional memory per card.
/R - Disable DOS ASPI manager from "Hard" resetting the
SCSI adapter if not under BIOS control. This will be
useful in multi initiator configurations.
/S - Enables SEEK command to operate. Default is disabled
/A - Enables WINASPI DLL full Adaptec emulation. Default
is disabled.
/J - Forces the DOS Manager to only scan 8 SCSI ID's on
WIDE SCSI host adapters.
/W - Active only with /D, and allows the screen display
to pause when each card is scanned. This is to
prevent the displayed information from scrolling
off the screen so it may be analyzed.
/M - For NetWare 386 server installation from CDROM,
you must add this option to BusLogic DOS Device
Manager. During NetWare installation of BusLogic
(BT4X) from the parameter menu. You must HIDE the
CDROM Target-ID.
SCSI tartgets to hide from NetWare
<enter CD-ROM Target-ID>
Continue to complete the standard NetWare
installation
/-PCI - Stops PCI I/O scanning on Mgr init.
/+PCI - Stops ISA I/O scanning on Mgr. init.
Example: CONFIG.SYS:
BUFFERS = 20
FILES = 20
DEVICE = C:\BTDOSM.SYS
DEVICE = C:\BTMDISK.SYS
2) BTMDISK.SYS V4.10J
To access the SCSI hard disk devices that have a SCSI ID other
than 0 or 1 in 'S' products or is not include in BIOS scan of 'C'
products, you must install this extented hard disk driver.
Otherwise, DOS cannot recognize them.
The CONFIG.SYS file must contain the DEVICE=command.
The format is as follows :
DEVICE = [path]BTMDISK.SYS [optional switches]
Example :
DEVICE = C:\BTDOSM.SYS /p330 /d
DEVICE = C:\BTMDISK.SYS
The BTMDISK.SYS Extented Hard Disk Driver can support more than one
BusLogic SCSI host adapter per system.
COMMAND LINE OPTIONAL SWITCHES:
/D Enables verbose mode. This permits the user to see
the details of the device(s) being attached to the
operating system.
/L /L for luns=8, and may be set to /L8 /L16, /L32,
and /L64 to set the LUN support on WIDE SCSI host adapters.
Those not able to operate in the WIDE SCSI mode will
be limited to 8 LUNs.
/R<value> This determines the number of logical drives that will
be reserved for removable media. Valid value are 1 to 24.
If not specified, the default number of reserved logical
drives is 1.
This is used for the situation where a particular piece
of media may have more than one DOS partition.
/J Forces the disk device driver to only scan 8 SCSI ID's on
WIDE SCSI host adapters.
/W Active only with /D, and allows the screen display
to pause when each card is scanned. This is to prevent
the displayed information from scrolling off the screen
so it may be analyzed.
/F Enable Floptical support. Make sure the BIOS does not also
have the Floptical feature set to ON.
/T Allows the removable drive-to-ready maximum time on cartridge
insertion to be set. The valid values range from 0 to 9 where
the time-out is the value multiplied by 5 seconds. Thus /T2
allows about 10 seconds before the O/S is informed of a not
ready condition.
/Q Allows cartridge drives to QUICKFORMAT the cartridge media.
3) BTCDROM.SYS V3.30C
BusLogic SCSI CD-ROM device driver is compatible with Microsoft
CD-ROM Extendtion V2.21. It required BTDOSM.SYS device driver
to be loaded first.
BusLogic SCSI CD-ROM device driver command line option switch:
DEVICE=[path]BTCDROM.SYS [/D:MSCDxxx] [/L]
Parameter: [path]
Specified the pathname where the BusLogic
CD-ROM Device Driver resides. (e.g. C:\BUSLOGIC\)
[/D:MSCDxxx]
Specifies the name that Microsoft CD-ROM Extended
(MSCDEX) use to find the CD-ROM Device Driver.
You will use this name in configuring your
AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
[/L] Enable SCSI Logical Unit Number (LUN) support.
If enable (LUN) option, you must enable (LUN)
support in BTDOSM.SYS device driver.
[/Q] Enable quick scan method on SCSI LUN devices.
Program will skip scanning SCSI LUN device if LUN#0
doesnot exist.
Example: BusLogic BTDOSM.SYS and BTCDROM.SYS device driver
in CONFIG.SYS file.
DEVICE = C:\BTDOSM.SYS /d
DEVICE = C:\BTCDROM.SYS /D:MSCD002
The Microsoft CD-ROM Extention "MSCDEX.EXE" utility is required
for DOS application to access the CD-ROM data files or sound.
Syntax: MSCDEXE [/D:device name] [/L:drive letter] [/M:value][/V][/E]
Parameter:
[/D:device name] Must be same as the name specified on BTCDROM.SYS
command.
[/L:drive letter] Assign DOS drive letter for CD-ROM [e.g., E,F,G,..]
[/M:value] Number of sector buffers reseved for MSCDEX utility.
Switches:
[/V] Display memory usage
[/E] Use expanded memory if available
Setup MSCDEX for DOS:
Assume "MSCDEX.EXE" utility is on drive C: root directory, Device
named for BusLogic BTCDROM.SYS device driver is "MSCD002", Drive
letter referent by DOS = E:, number of sector buffers use by MSCDEX
is 10, use Expanded memory if available, and display memory usage.
Method #1: Auto load MSCDEX.EXE utility at boot time.
You must add the following line to Autoexec.bat file
C:\MSCDEX /D:MSCD002 /L:E /M:10 /V /E
Method #2: Execute MSCDEX utility only when needed.
At DOS command prompt type the following
C:\MSCDEX /D:MSCD002 /L:E /M:10 /V /E
Support CD-ROM drives :
1. CHINON CDS-431, CDX-431, CDS-435, CDX-435, CDS-525, CDS-535, CDX-535
2. HITACHI CDR-1750, CDR-3750
3. MATSUSHITA CR-501, CR-532
4. NEC CDR-38, CDR-73, CDR-74, CDR-83, CDR-84, CDR-300, CDR-500,
CDR-741, CDR-841
5. NEC MultiSpin 3Xe, 3Xi, 3Xp
6. PANASONIC CD-531, CD-532, CDR-501, CDR-503, CDR-533
7. SANYO CRD-400I
8. SONY CDU-55S, CDU-541, CDU-561, CDU-4211, CDU-6211, CDU-6811,
CDU-7811, CDU-7211
9. TOSHIBA XM-3301, XM-3401, XM-4101
10. PIONEER DRM-600, DRM-604
11. PLEXTOR (TEXEL) DM-3024, DM-5024, DM-3028, DM-5028, PX-43CH,
PX-43CS, PX-45CH, PX-45CS
12. TEAC-CD-50
13. IBM
14. Other CD-ROM drives which support SCSI-2 command sets
Multisession Photo CD-ROM drives :
1. SONY CDU-561, CDU-6211
2. CHINON CDS-535, CDX-535
3. TOSHIBA XM-3401B, XM-4104
4. PLEXTOR (TEXEL) DM-5024, DM-5028
5. NEC CDR-38, CDR-741, CDR-841, CDR-600
6. PANASONIC CDR-503, CDR-533
7. SANYO CDR-400
4) BTFDISK.EXE V3.30A
The BusLogic Extented Hard Disk can be used to partition the SCSI disk
devices, that has a SCSI ID of 0 through 7, or 0 through 15 for wide SCSI
Used the standard DOS FDISK utility to partition a hard drive with
SCSI ID 0 or 1 attached to the first SCSI host adapter.
This program is very similar to FDISK.EXE in DOS; however, it only
supports SCSI hard disks, note that BTDOSM.SYS must be loaded first.
To invoke BTFDISK.EXE, type BTFDISK at the DOS prompt.
Example:
C>BTFDISK
No optional switches are needed.
5) DMAP.EXE V4.10B (RIGID / REMOVABLE DEVICE DRIVER STATUS)
DMAP is a utility that prints information to the screen about
the status of all the drives running under the BTMDISK device
driver. This information is particularly helpful if there are
removables hard disk device(s) attached.
To invoke DMAP.EXE, type DMAP at the DOS prompt.
Example:
C>DMAP
No optional switches are needed.
6 & 7) WINASPI.DLL & VASPID.386 Device Driver for Windows V3.x
Windows ASPI, or WINASPI, is a windows device driver layer used
for re-entrant, multi-threaded SCSI bus access for windows 3.00 or
higher. The WINASPI layer, provides an easy access method for Windows
applications for SCSI I/O. This method is provided in the form of a DLL
program (Dynamic Link Library). The name of the program is WINASPI.DLL.
The DLL functions are imported by a Windows application during it's
operation. The DOS Manager V4.10K will have the ability to run in the
Windows protected mode environment.
Also included for the WINASPI layer is a VxD, or Virtual Device
Driver. The VxD is named VASPID.386. This code handles the locking and
unlocking of the data buffers for Virtual DMA Requests during SCSI I/O.
***** MANUAL INSTALLATION *****
First, copy WINASPI.DLL and VASPID.386 to the WINDOWS directory. This
may be on any drive or path, it depends on where you installed windows.
Next, modify the SYSTEM.INI file to include the statment:
"DEVICE=VASPID.386". This statement MUST be entered in the [386Enh]
section.
If Windows is in standard mode WITH a memory manager, such as
EMM386, loaded WINASPI will not initialize. This mode is not
recomended by Windows. This error is returned as SS_ILLEGAL_MODE.
If the SCSI adapter is the primary adapter, and the SCSI IRQ
is set at 14, then the SYSTEM.INI file MUST include the statment
"VirtualHDIRQ=OFF". This statement MUST be entered in the [386Enh]
section.
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