Xycom XVME-976/202, Manual

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XVME-976 Adapter Module
3-2
Driver Operation
This section describes operation with the module's drivers. Also covered are
the utility programs, driver installation, formatting and partitioning of the
drives.
Utility Programs
Utility programs were shipped with the module on a diskette. There are two
files in the root directory and five in a subdirectory named AFDISK. The
following lists the names of these programs:
Root: ASPI2DOS.SYS
ASPIDISK.SYS
AFDISK Subdirectory:
AFDISK.EXE
PROGHLP.HLP
SYS$ERR.DTA
SYS$MSG.DTA
The two files in the root are the drivers which need to be installed for driver
operation. See the Driver Installation section and Partitioning and Format-
ting section . The five files in the AFDISK subdirectory are used for drive
partitioning and formatting (see the API2DOS.SYS section).
Driver Installation
The ASPI2DOS.SYS and ASPIDISK.SYS files need to reside on the boot
device. Copy these files, as well as the AFDISK subdirectory files, to that
drive. For convenience, you can store these files in a subdirectory.
ASPI2DOS.SYS and ASPIDISK.SYS need to be loaded via the config.sys
command file. These drivers require at least twenty buffers and twenty files.
This information is defined in the config.sys file as follows:
buffers=20
files=20
device=<path>aspi2dos.sys /z options
device=<path>aspidisk.sys options
ASPI2DOS.SYS Options
Several non-default options can be specified when installing the aspi2dos.sys
driver. These options are specified in the config.sys file on the line which
invokes the driver. Command line options may be entered in any order and
may be upper or lower case.