User Manual i-Drive 2.1
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Please check
the following once again before closing the computer’s case:
1.
Correct mounting of the i-Drive
2. Power supply connection for the i-Drive (3.5" drive power supply connector)
3. Correct connection of the i-Drive to the SCSI bus
4. Correct SCSI termination (depending on configuration)
5. Terminator power (depending on configuration)
6. Correct configuration of the SCSI address (depending on configuration)
3. Host software
3.1
Operating system-dependent information
The i-Drive is a SCSI drive for exchangeable PC Card storage media. Exchangeable SCSI
media are normally supported by the SCSI device driver of your computer’s SCSI
controller. However, in some cases you may encounter compatibility problems with
exchangeable media depending on the type of controller and the operating system.
The following section contains information for commonly-used operating systems.
3.2
IBM compatible PCs under DOS, OS/2, Windows 95/98
a) Operating system support
Many SCSI controllers with their own on-board BIOS firmware install exchangeable
storage media as non-exchangeable hard disks if storage media is already inserted in
the drive when the controller BIOS is initialized. Some BIOS implementations have
specific support for exchangeable storage media. We recommend you to:
Remove the PC Card from the i-Drive before booting the PC!
Note: with some BIOS implementations, this results in a very long boot time. We also
recommend you to:
Disable the write cache!
In order to ensure reliable exchangeability of the storage media, you should use an
exchangeable media device driver which is appropriate for your SCSI controller. Gener-
ally speaking, exchangeable media device drivers are supplied with the SCSI controller
or can be obtained from the manufacturer or supplier.
