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(D)
Now leave GDTSETUP by pressing <ESC>. After a few requests and messages from
GDTSETUP, the system reboots.
(E)
Now use the MS-DOS program FORMAT to transfer MS-DOS to the primary partition you
have just created.
To do so, enter
A:\> FORMAT C: /S <ENTER>
(F)
To complete the installation of MS-DOS, use the MS-DOS commands COPY or XCOPY
to transfer the desired MS-DOS files.
A different and maybe even more elegant method of installing MS-DOS is to use the SETUP
program of MS-DOS versions 5 and 6. In this case, you only have to create and activate a
partition with GDTSETUP or FDISK. Then boot the system from the first floppy disk deliv-
ered with MS-DOS. MS-DOS SETUP will take care of all the rest.
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GDTX000.EXE is the high performance MS-DOS driver for all ICP Controllers. In order to
obtain the best performance of the ICP Controller under MS-DOS, this driver should be
listed in the first line following the HIMEM.SYS device command in the CONFIG.SYS file.
When loaded, GDTX000.EXE replaces the BIOS EPROM (the so-called INT13H interface) of
the ICP Controller, and also offers a VDS (Virtual DMA Services) interface. This is of particu-
lar importance for Windows 3.x. When using GDTX000.EXE please observe the following:
GDTX000.EXE must be loaded from the first line following the HIMEM.SYS device com-
mand in the CONFIG.SYS file. If HIMEM.SYS is not loaded, it must be loaded from the
very first line of the CONFIG.SYS file.
GDTX000.EXE can be loaded in the UMA.
GDTX000.EXE is needed for an optimal use of Windows 3.x.
The ICP Controller unfolds its full capacity under MS-DOS or Windows 3.x only when
GDTX000.EXE is installed.
In order to load GDTSETUP under MS-DOS from disk, you need GDTX000.EXE
In the CONFIG.SYS file, GDTX000.EXE must be loaded before GDTXDOS.EXE and
GDTASPI.EXE. (Both drivers use functions contained in GDTX000.EXE).
GDTXDOS.EXE (on the
System Disk - DOS
) is only needed if more than two hard disks
connected to the ICP Controller are to be used under MS-DOS (DEVICE=
GDTXDOS.EXE).
For example, you have connected three hard disks to the ICP Controller and you wish to
use them as DOS drives C, D, and E.
Below is an example of a CONFIG.SYS file which is essential for the MS-DOS configuration
device=c:\windows\himem.sys
device=gdtx000.exe
files=30
buffers=30
stacks=9,256
dos=high,umb