Lenovo ThinkPad 600, User Manual

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To initialize an ATA card, run the ATAINIT command from the DOS
prompt, and then use the standard DOS format command to format
the ATA card.
Note
ATAINIT works only with ATA cards that are supported by the
ATADRV driver. If you cannot use your ATA card, it might be an
unsupported card. Check with the manuals that came with the
card.
ATAINIT.EXE is a disk-partitioning utility that must be used to
initialize any ATA cards supported by ATADRV. When a new ATA
card is inserted into a PC Card slot, you need to initialize the card by
using ATAINT. ATAINIT finds the physical parameters (number of
sectors, cylinders, and so on) to use, and then initializes the card.
To initialize the card, do as follows:
1
Type the following command:
ATAINT drive_letter:
Note
drive_letter
is the actual drive letter. For example, if your
ATA card has been assigned drive letter D, you should
type:
ATAINIT D:
2
Press Enter to accept the displayed information. If you want to
specify a drive parameter, type
P
and press Enter. Then follow
the instructions in the window.
Using Memory Cards
For you to use memory cards on your system, your CONFIG.SYS file
must contain the following lines (in addition to the standard drivers
that are always required):
DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARDSOFt\MTSRAM.EXE
DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARDSOFT\MTDDRV.EXE
Drive Letters
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