------------ OnSpec Combo ------------ This document is divided into the following sections and topics: 1. Instructions for DOS/Windows 3.1/3.11 users 1.1 Installing Combo 1.2 ETOOLS application 1.3 Driver command line options for IDE hard disk driver 1.4 Driver command line options for ATAPI CD-ROM driver 1.5 Uninstalling Combo 2. Instructions for Windows 95/98 users 2.1 Installing Combo 2.2 SwissKnife application 2.3 Un-partitioned hard drives 2.4 Device Attach/Detach 2.5 CD player 2.6 Backup utility 2.7 Driver command line options 2.8 Printing documents from a parallel port based drive to the printer also connected to the same parallel port 2.9 Avoiding IRQ conflicts 2.10 Uninstalling Combo 3. Instructions for Windows NT 3.51/4.0 users 3.1 Installing Combo 3.2 SwissKnife application 3.3 Un-partitioned hard drives 3.4 CD player 3.5 Driver command line options 3.6 Uninstalling Combo 4. Instructions for OS/2 2.1 and WARP users 4.1 Installing Combo on a system currently running OS/2 4.2 Installing Combo while installing OS/2 on a system 4.3 Driver command line options 4.4 Uninstalling Combo 1. Instructions for DOS/Windows 3.1/3.11 users ============================================== 1.1. Installing Combo ------------------------- There are two ways you can install the Combo driver: 1.1.1 If you want the driver to be loaded during system boot up, type A:\COMBO\INSTALL.EXE 1.1.2 You can also load the driver from the command prompt by typing CDDRIVE from A:\COMBO\. Please make sure that you have MSCDEX.EXE in your hard disk and path is set to that directory. Note: 1. In this case, you need to run CDDRIVE whenever your system is restarted. 2. This option cannot be used in Windows 95/98 DOS sessions. 3. If you get an error message saying that there are not enough drive letters available, add the following line in CONFIG.SYS, LASTDRIVE=Z 4. You can assign a fixed drive letter for all the systems for your parallel port drive. For example type CDDRIVE /L:G where you would like to assign drive letter G to the parallel port drive. 1.2 ETOOLS application ---------------------- The ETOOLS application has the following features: 1. Option to scan the parallel ports for the existence of an IDE hard disk drive and also report the type of Super IO card installed in the system. 2. Disk utilities to display the existing partitions, create new partitions and format them. The ETOOLS partitioning scheme is based on the DOS FDISK for the maximum compatibility across all operating systems. These partitions will be recognized by DOS/Windows 3.X, Windows 95/98, Windows NT and OS/2. 3. Option to set driver command line options. These are the following command line arguments available for ETOOLS application. /U : Forces the port to be Uni-directional /E : Disables fast EPP /Q : Disables ECP mode /V : Disables edge mode data transfer /I : Uses interrupts during data transfer /MONO : Display will be in monochrome /SF=nn [nn=1..30] : Introduces a delay factor /SD=nn [nn=1..16] : Spins down after nn seconds /SCAN : Scan for devices at the starting /HELP or /? : Will Display the available command line options 1.3 Driver command line options for IDE hard disk driver -------------------------------------------------------- Use the command line options ONLY if the driver is unable to detect the hardware or if the driver exhibits a data reliability problem. The options can be set using the "Device" - "Driver Settings" menu option of ETOOLS.EXE. The command line options are: 1. Slow down Enhanced parallel port access. 2. Spin down time in minutes by [1-16] - This option makes the drive to spin down, after the given time. 3. Force Port to behave as a Standard Parallel Port - This option will force the driver to detect the parallel port as a uni-directional port which is the slowest mode of operation. 4. Reduce Port access speed by [1-30] - This option slows down the port access by a slow factor number and is applicable for all parallel port types. 5. Turn off Burst Mode - This option slows down port access for Uni-directional and Bi-directional parallel ports. The Driver settings menu will be enabled only if - the driver line entry is present in CONFIG.SYS and - the file INSFILES.INF is present in the directory where the ETOOLS.EXE is present. 1.4 Driver command line options for ATAPI CD-ROM driver ------------------------------------------------------- Use these command line options ONLY if the driver is unable to detect the hardware. /E : Slows down EPP access. Use this option only if you are sure that your printer port is an Enhanced Parallel Port. On other port types, this option has no effect. /P : Pauses if the driver fails to install. The DOS boot process will display an error message and wait for the user to press a key before continuing. /Q : Ignores multiple slots for CD Changers. The driver will allocate only one driver letter which will initially refer to the first slot. You can mount any slot for this drive letter by using the CDMOUNT utility for DOS or WINMOUNT utility for Windows. /SF=1..30 : Slows down the access by forcing a slow factor ranging from 1 to 30 /U : Forces uni-directional mode, it is the slowest mode of operation and should be selected only if the driver fails to recognize the CD-ROM. (Applicable only for non Uni-directional ports) /V : Enables slow mode. (Not applicable for Enhanced Parallel Ports) These options can be added to the following driver line entry in CONFIG.SYS, DEVICE=C:\CDBLAZER\CDBLAZER.SYS /D:ONIDE001 For example, you can force slow mode by adding /V as follows, DEVICE=C:\CDBLAZER\CDBLAZER.SYS /D:ONIDE001 /V 1.5 Uninstalling Combo -------------------------- To uninstall Combo, run INSTALL.EXE from the directory where you have installed the software and choose Uninstall option. 2. Instructions for Windows 95/98 users ==================================== 2.1 Installing Combo ------------------------ Bring up Windows 95/98 and select Start-Run menu. Windows 95/98 will prompt for the name of the application to run. Type A:\WIN9X&NT\SETUP and press ENTER. The software will be installed and if your device is powered up and connected, you will be able to use it. 2.2 SwissKnife application -------------------------- The SwissKnife application has the following features: 1. Option to scan the parallel ports for the existence of an IDE/ATAPI drive and report the throughput that can be obtained from the port and also the type of Super IO card installed in the system. 2. Disk utilities to display the existing partitions, create new partitions and format them. The SwissKnife partitioning scheme is based on the DOS FDISK for the maximum compatibility across all operating systems. These partitions will be recognized by DOS/Windows 3.X, Windows 95/98, Windows NT and OS/2. Since ease of use and connectivity are the main features of a parallel port based drive, DOS FAT (File Allocation Table) format is used to put down the partitions. SwissKnife will also recognize several other formats such as OnTrack, Windows 95/98, Windows NT (NTFS), OS/2's High Performance File System (HPFS) etc,. Please note that the partitioning utility of Windows 95/98 or NT (FDISK) may not recognize all the partitions created by SwissKnife. This is due to the fact that Windows 95/98 and Windows NT treat IDE hard drives as SCSI drives and fix the geometry at 64 Heads and 32 Sectors, where as IDE drives can have heads only up to 16 and Sectors up to 63. 3. CDMount option to manage the CD changer drives with a single CD-ROM drive letter. 4. Attach/Detach option to dynamically attach/detach the devices on the parallel port without restarting the system. 5. Option to set driver command line options. 2.3 Un-partitioned hard drives ------------------------------ Windows 95/98 will not give you a drive icon in My Computer if the drive is not partitioned. This will happen if you have a hard disk drive kit and you connect a brand new hard disk to this kit. Use SwissKnife application to partition the drive, it will add the icon(s) dynamically to My Computer. 2.4 Device Attach/Detach ------------------------ If Windows 95/98 was started without the parallel port device connected, connect the device to the port and click on the icon "Device Attach". This will add the device to the system and drive icon(s) for the external drive will appear in "My Computer". To dynamically remove the device from the system, the icon "Device Detach" can be used. 2.5 CD player ------------- The AUDIO CDs can be played using the CD player available in the folder where you have installed Combo. 2.6 Backup utility ------------------ Setup creates a shortcut to Microsoft Backup Utility in the folder. This utility helps you to backup your internal hard disk into the external drive. If you do not have this utility installed in your system, install it from the Windows 95/98 installation disk/CD-ROM as follows: 1. Insert your Windows 95/98 installation disk/CD-ROM in the drive. 2. Choose Start - Settings - Control Panel. 3. Double click on Add/Remove Programs. 4. Choose Windows Setup tab. 5. Double click on Disk Tools and choose Backup. Click on ok. 6. Choose Apply button and follow the instructions. 2.7 Driver command line options ------------------------------- Use the command line options only if the driver is unable to detect the hardware. The options can be entered by selecting Device-Driver Settings menu option of SwissKnife application. 2.8 Printing documents from a parallel port based drive to the printer also --------------------------------------------------------------------------- connected to the same port -------------------------- Do the following only if you encounter problems in printing: 1. Open Control Panel. 2. Double Click on Printers Icon. 3. Double Click on the printer icon that is connected to the same printer port as the SCSI device. 4. Go to the menu and select Pause Printing for this printer. 5. Print the document from the parallel port drive now. 6. When the printing is finished, it will be queued to the printer, which is in pause state. 7. Go to the menu and select Resume Printing for this printer. 8. Your document will be printed now. 2.9 Avoiding IRQ conflicts -------------------------- Windows 95/98 32-Bit driver is capable of detecting IRQs automatically. In case if you face IRQ conflicts, the driver will be sluggish. To find out the IRQ number, please do the following: 1. Make sure that the unit is connected to your parallel port and is powered on. 2. Restart the computer and press funcion key F8 to bring up Windows 95/98 startup menu. 3. Select "Command prompt only" to boot MSDOS. 4. Run FINDIRQ.EXE utility from the directory where you have installed the software. 5. FINDIRQ will display the IRQ number. Please note down this number. 6. Restart the computer to bring up Windows 95/98. 7. Enter the IRQ number as a command line option. 2.10 Uninstalling Combo -------------------------- Click on the "Uninstall Combo" icon in the folder where you have installed the software and follow the instructions. 3. Instructions for Windows NT 3.51/4.0 users ============================================= 3.1 Installing Combo ------------------------ 3.1.1 Steps to install Combo on Windows NT 3.51 1. Load Windows NT 3.51 and in Program Manager menu choose "File". 2. Click on "Run" from the popup menu. Type A:\WIN9X&NT\SETUP.EXE. 3. After the installation is over reboot your system for the changes to take effect. 3.1.2 Steps to install Combo on Windows NT 4.0 1. Load Windows NT 4.0 and click on "Start". 2. Choose "Run" from the popup. Type A:\WIN9X&NT\SETUP.EXE. 3. After the installation is over reboot your system for the changes to take effect. 3.2 SwissKnife application -------------------------- The SwissKnife application has the following features: 1. Option to scan the parallel ports for the existence of an IDE/ATAPI drive and report the throughput that can be obtained from the port and also the type of Super IO card installed in the system. 2. Disk utilities to display the existing partitions, create new partitions and format them. The SwissKnife partitioning scheme is based on the DOS FDISK for the maximum compatibility across all operating systems. These partitions will be recognized by DOS/Windows 3.X, Windows 95/98, Windows NT and OS/2. Since ease of use and connectivity are the main features of a parallel port based drive, DOS FAT (File Allocation Table) format is used to put down the partitions. SwissKnife will also recognize several other formats such as OnTrack, Windows 95/98, Windows NT (NTFS), OS/2's High Performance File System (HPFS) etc,. Please note that the partitioning utility of Windows 95/98 or NT (FDISK) may not recognize all the partitions created by SwissKnife. This is due to the fact that Windows 95/98 and Windows NT treat IDE hard drives as SCSI drives and fix the geometry at 64 Heads and 32 Sectors, where as IDE drives can have heads only up to 16 and Sectors up to 63. 3. CDMount option to manage the CD changer drives with a single CD-ROM drive letter. 4. Option to set driver command line options. 3.3 Un-partitioned hard drives ------------------------------ Windows NT will not give you a drive icon if the drive is not partitioned. This will happen if you have a hard disk drive kit and you connect a brand new hard disk to this kit. Use SwissKnife application to partition the drive and restart the system for the changes to take effect. 3.4 CD Player ------------- The AUDIO CDs can be played using the CD player available in the folder where you have installed Combo. 3.5 Driver command line options ------------------------------- Use the command line options only if the driver is unable to detect the hardware. The options can be entered by selecting Device-Driver Settings menu option of SwissKnife application. 3.6 Uninstalling Combo -------------------------- Click on the "Uninstall Combo" icon in the folder where you have installed the software and follow the instructions. 4. Instructions for OS/2 2.1 and WARP users =========================================== 4.1 Installing Combo on a system currently running OS/2 ----------------------------------------------------------- 1. Open OS/2 System folder 2. Open System Setup folder 3. Open Device Driver Install (in Warp 4 this is found in the Install/Remove folder) 4. Change the source directory to A:\COMBO\OS2 5. Select Install 6. Select OnSpec OnIDE Hard Disk ADD or OnSpec CD-Blazer ATAPI CD-ROM ADD 7. Select OK 8. After it installs select Exit, and reboot your system If the preceeding installation procedure fails to work, check to make sure that the following lines are present in your CONFIG.SYS file. If they are not present, you will need to add them: a:Hard disk basedev=idedrvr1.add /v b:CD-ROM ifs=\os2\cdfs.ifs /q device=\os2\mdos\vcdrom.sys device=\os2\os2cdrom.dmd basedev=cdblazer.add /v 4.2 Installing CD-Blazer while installing OS/2 on a system ---------------------------------------------------------- 1. Make a copy of OS/2 boot diskette 1 with DISKCOPY 2. Delete AIC7770.ADD from Diskette 1 3. Copy CDBLAZER.ADD from OS2 directory of your driver disk to Diskette 1 of OS/2 4. Edit the CONFIG.SYS file on Diskette 1 to add the following line: basedev=cdblazer.add /v 5. Install OS/2 using the edited copy of Diskette 1 4.3 Driver command line options ------------------------------- Use these command line options only if the driver is unable to detect the hardware. /E : Disables fast EPP. This applies only for Enhanced Parallel Ports. /SF=1..30 : Introduces a delay factor of 30 (Can take a value from 1 to 30 with 30 as the slowest mode of operation). /U : Forces Uni-Directional mode. (Applicable only for non Uni-directional ports. /V : Enables verbose mode /W : Disables burst mode data transfer. This does not apply for Enhanced Parallel Ports. /CH : To detect all the slots in a CD changer on older versions of OS/2 prior to Warp 4.0 These options can be added to the following driver line entry in CONFIG.SYS, basedev=cdblazer.add /v For example you can induce a slow factor of five by adding /SF=5 as follows basedev=cdblazer.add /v /SF=5 4.4 Uninstalling Combo -------------------------- To uninstall CD-Blazer, remove the following line from CONFIG.SYS file: basedev=idedrvr1.add /v or basedev=cdblazer.add /v