Initio INI-9XXXU/UW Device Drivers(Release 2.30)
Initio INI-9XXXU/UW Device Drivers(Release 2.30) 11-14-97
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For installation tips, please read the rest of this document as
well as the README.TXT file under each subdirectory.
Index
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1 - Initio Technical Support
2 - Diskette Contents
3 - Description
4 - MS-DOS
5 - Windows 95 or OSR2
6 - INI-9200U/UW, INI-9400U/UW, and INI-9520U/UW
7 - INI-9520U/UW Network Device Drivers
8 - INI-9520U/UW Troubleshooting
9 - INI-9520U/UW Installation Considerations
10 - INICD.SYS
11 - INIDISK.SYS
12 - INIFDISK.EXE
13 - Linux
1 - Initio Technical Support
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By mail: Initio Corpration
2188B Del Franco st.
San Jose, CA 95131
Phone: 408-577-1919
FAX: 408-577-0640
BBS: 408-577-0431
(up to 28.8K baud, 8 data bits, 1 stop, no parity)
Internet: support@initio.com
http:\\www.initio.com
2 - Diskette Contents
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+--ROOT
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| +--README.TXT : This file.
| +--DOSSETUP.EXE : DOS Setup Utility
| +--TXTSETUP.OEM : OEM script file for Windows NT.
| +--DISK1 : script file for Windows NT.
| +--SETUP.EXE : Windows 3.1X Setup Utility
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+--DOS
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| +--README.TXT : readme file for DOS.
| +--ASPI910U.SYS : ASPI Device Manager(v2.03) for DOS.
| +--INICD.SYS : Initio SCSI CD-ROM driver(v1.05) for DOS.
| +--INIDISK.SYS : Initio SCSI Disk driver(v1.00) for DOS.
| +--INIFDISK.SYS : Initio SCSI Disk format utility(v1.00) for DOS.
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+--WIN
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| +--README.TXT : readme file for Windows 3.1X.
| +--WINASPI.DLL : ASPI for WINDOWS 3.1X DLL.
| +--I91CTRL.386 : 32-bit Fastdisk VxD(3.21) for WINDOWS 3.1X.
| +--INT13.386 : new INT13h API translation VxD(v3.11).
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+--LINUX
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| +--README.TXT : readme file.
| +--KRNLBLD.TXT : kernel rebuild directions.
| +--INI9100U.C
| +--INI9100U.H
| +--INI9100U.LIB
| +--LILO.CONF
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+--DOSUTILS
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| +--AUTOBOOT.TXT
| +--LOADLIN.EXE
| +--RAWRITE.EXE
| +--RAWRITE3.DOC
| +--RDEV.EXE
| +--RESTORRB.EXE
| +--VMLINUZ
+--OS2
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| +--README.TXT : readme file for OS2.
| +--INI910U.ADD : Adapter Device Driver(v2.04) for IBM OS/2.
| +--INI910U.DDP : Driver Description Profile
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+--WINNT
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| +--README.TXT : readme file for WINDOWS NT.
| +--INI910U.SYS : Device Driver(v2.11) for WINDOWS NT.
| +--OEMSETUP.INF : OEM script file for Windows NT.
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+--WIN95
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| +--README.TXT : readme file for WINDOWS 95.
| +--INI910U.MPD : Device Driver(v2.11) for WINDOWS 95.
| +--INI910U.INF : script file for Windows 95.
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+--NETWARE
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+--README.TXT : readme file for NETWARE
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+--v31X
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| +--INI910U.DSK : Device Driver(v2.05) for NETWARE V31X
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+--v4XX
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| +--INI910U.DSK : Device Driver(v2.05) for NETWARE V4XX
| +--INI910U.DDI : Device Driver installation file
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+--HAM
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+--INI9100.HAM : Device Driver(v2.06)
+--INI9100.DDI : Device Driver installation file
3 - Description
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This disk contains drivers for the Initio INI-9100U/UW,
INI-9200U/UW, INI-9400U/UW and the INI-9520U/UW family
of SCSI host adapters.
4 - MS-DOS
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The DOSSETUP.EXE program installsthe 16bit ASPI drivers,
SCSI CD-ROM driver and the MicrosoftCD extensions. This
program will automatically create or modify the
AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files on your hard drive.
To complete CD-ROM installation, you will need MSCDEX.EXE
pre-installed on the hard drive or on a floppy disk.
MSCDEX.EXE is on MS-DOS 6.2x setup disk number one. Be sure
that you know the location and the path of MSCDEX.EXE prior
to running DOSSETUP.EXE. The hard drive will need MS-DOS
6.xx installed or it will need to be formatted with the /s
option (i.e. - bootable format) prior to running Initio
DOSSETUP.EXE. From the x:\ DOS prompt type "DOSSETUP"
and press "enter". NOTE: x = drive letter of floppy drive
used. After DOSSETUP.EXE completes, be sure to reboot system
so changes take effect.
5 - Windows 95 and OSR2
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This procedure applies to the installation of Windows
95 from CD-ROM utilizing the Windows 95 Upgrade,
Windows 95 OEM full version or Windows 95 OSR2 (OEM
Service Release 2) CD-ROMs. The following will prepare
a blank hard drive, load the required drivers and
modify the system files to provide SCSI CD-ROM support.
Note: Installation from Windows 95 Upgrade CD will
require the use of the first setup disk for Windows 3.1x
or Windows for Workgroups 3.1x. For an upgrade vs. a new
installation see next section.
Format boot partition with /s option and then reboot
from hard drive. Run DOSSETUP.EXE and reboot system -
See MS-DOS section. Insert Windows 95 setup CD-ROM
and run setup. Windows 95 setup will run SCANDISK, and
some installations will require HIMEM.SYS to be loaded
on the hard drive and will also require the following
line in CONFIG.SYS "DEVICE=C:\HIMEM.SYS" (This line will
require the path for the file if it is not in the root
directory). If a HIMEM.SYS error is encountered when
SCANDISK is executed; the above fix will need to be done
prior to running Windows 95 setup. HIMEM.SYS is on the
MS-DOS installation disks. To extract the file, refer to
your MS-DOS documentation.
Install Windows 95 following normal procedure. After Windows
95 is completely installed, reboot system. After system boots,
run "CONTROL PANEL" and then double click "SYSTEM" and select
"DEVICE MANAGER" tab. In Device Manager select "OTHER DEVICES"
and then select the Initio host adapter. After selecting the
host adapter, click on "PROPERTIES" and then select "DRIVER"
tab. Click on "Update Driver" button. The new miniport driver
is located on Initio Driver Disk 1 in the WIN95 directory.
After the new driver is loaded, exit Windows 95 and reboot system.
6 - INI-9200U/UW, INI-9400U/UW, and INI-9520U/UW
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The INI-9200U/UW, INI-9400U/UW, and INI-9520U/UW host adapters are
multi-function host adapters that utilize a PCI-to-PCI bridge. These
host adapters pack multiple PCI SCSI or Fast Ethernet devices on a
separate PCI bus behind a dedicated PCI bridge. In order for
INI-9200, INI-9400, and INI-9520 adapters to work, the system
Motherboard needs to have support to PCI-to-PCI bridge devices.
To find out if your system supports the Initio multi-channel
host adapter family, plug the adapter in the system and turn it
on. If the Initio BIOS banners fail to display, or if you receive
a "PCI Configuration Error" message, your system may not support
the PCI v.2.1 specification properly.
Each of the multi-channel adapters from Initio are basically
multiple SCSI cards or Fast Ethernet cards combined on a single
PCI card. When installing the SCSI host adapter driver, it needs
to be installed once for each of the SCSI channels present on the
multi-channel card. To make this simpler, having the INI-9200U
card in a PCI slot in your system is the same as having two
INI-9100U on secondary dedicated PCI system bus while still using
one PCI slot.
7 - INI-9520U/UW Network Device Drivers
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The INI-9520U/UW Network device drivers are located on a separate
floppy disk. To access README files on the network setup and
installation, insert the LAN driver disk in your floppy drive and
type: "SETUP /README" at the floppy drive prompt.
8 - INI-9520U/UW Troubleshooting
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The INI-9520U/UW uses two interrupt lines, #INTA and #INTB. #INTA
is used for the two SCSI channels and #INTB is for the Fast-Ethernet
Controller. Interrupt setting is assigned to #INTA, #INTB, #INTC,
and #INTD lines by the system BIOS at boot time. It is strongly
recommended to use different IRQs to the SCSI and Fast-Ethernet ports
on the INI-9520U/UW. This can be set in the PCI setting section
in the System BIOS Setup. To resolve an IRQ sharing problem relocate
the INI-9520U/UW card in a different PCI slot.
9 - INI-9520U/UW Installation considerations
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Below are some considerations that need to be taken into account when
installing and/or using the Initio INI-9520U/UW host adapters:
9.a. Windows NT v.4.0
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When installing the network device drivers for INI-9520U/UW, do
not install the NDIS drivers embedded in NT 4.0. Instead, use
the NDIS drivers provided on the included LAN drivers diskette.
9.b. Iwill DP6NS P6 Motherboard
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The INI-9520U/UW Network drivers for Windows NT v.4.0 failed to
load on the Iwill DP6NS P6 motherboard. This problem is believed
to be a compatibility problem between the Intel 82557 behind PCI
bridge and the Iwill DP6NS motherboard under Windows NT 4.0.
Initio Engineering will be working with Iwill and Intel to arrive
at a resolution.
10 - INICD.SYS
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INICD.SYS is a DOS device driver for supporting SCSI CDROM drives.
It is the interface between MSCDEX.EXE (supplied by Microsoft) and
the physical CDROM drive. INICD.SYS must be loaded by your CONFIG.SYS
start up file. INICD.SYS requires that an ASPI Manager be loaded.
Therefore, you must load INICD.SYS after you load the appropriate ASPI
Manager. INICD.SYS can be loaded with either the "DEVICE" or
"DEVICEHIGH" command. Below is a list of command line options and
examples.
/D: /d: This option is used to specify the name of the device driver.
The name specified must also be passed to MSCDEX.EXE on it's command
line (Using the same /D: or /d: option). The name specified must be 8
or less characters in length. Valid characters are the A-Z, a-z, 0-9
and underscore. The name must start with a letter. Examples:
/D:INICD001
/d:mscd001
/d:MYCD01
/T /t This option is used to specify a Time out value to be used
when sending commands to a CDROM drive. If a CDROM drive does not
respond toa command within the specified time out then the command
will be aborted and an appropriate error message will be displayed.
The time out value is specified in minutes. Valid values are 1-9
and D or d. The D or d values are used to Disable the time out
mechanism. If the time out mechanism is disabled then faulty
hardware can lock up the system. Examples:
/T4
/Td
/TD
/T1
/X /x This option is used to eXclude particular CDROM drives.
Excluded CDROM drives are identified by specifying the host adapter,
target id and lun. These values are spereated by a colon. Groups of
CDROM drives (or wild cards) can also be identified. Below are
examples of the different ways CDROM drives can be excluded:
/X0:1:2 Exclude drive on Host Adapter 0, target ID 1 and lun 2.
/X0:2 Exclude drive on Host Adapter 0, target ID 2 and ANY lun
/X0 Exclude ALL drives on Host Adapter 0.
SAMPLE CONFIG.SYS AND AUTOEXEC.BAT FILES
These samples assume that the user has loaded the Initio drivers
in the following directory: c:\ini910u.
Config.sys:
DEVICE=c:\ini910u\aspi910u
DEVICE=c:\ini910u\inicd.sys /D:INICD001
Explanation:
The first line loads the ASPI manager and the second line loads the
CDROM driver specifying the device name INICD001.
Autoexec.bat:
Mscdex /D:INICD001
Explanation:
This line will load the Microsoft supplied mscdex.exe file instructing
it to attach to the CDROM device driver INICD001.
11 - INIDISK.SYS
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Inidisk.sys is a DOS block device driver for supporting SCSI fixed
disks, removable disks and MO devices. INIDISK.SYS must be loaded
by your CONFIG.SYS start up file. INIDISK.SYS requires that an ASPI
Manager be loaded. Therefore, you must load INIDISK.SYS after you
load the appropriate ASPI Manager. INIDISK.SYS can be loaded with
either the "DEVICE" or "DEVICEHIGH" command. Below is a list of
command line options and examples.
/R /r This option specifies the number of logical drives
to reserve for MO and removable disk devices. MO and removable disks
media are capable of being partitioned just like a fixed disk. For
every DOS partition on the media a logical DOS drive letter will be
available. INIDISK.SYS will support as many logical drives as
required (up to the maximum supported by DOS) based on the
partitioning of the media that is present when your system boots.
However, the media may be removed at any time and a new disk may be
inserted. The new disk may have more (or less) partitions then the
original disk. The /R /r option is used to reserved drive letters
at start up in order to facilitate a disk change to a disk with more
partitions than the original disk present at boot time. The value
after the /R /r option determines how many drive letters will be
reserved on a device basis. For example, if the user specifies a
/R4 option and there are two removable devices attached to the SCSI
bus, then a total of eight (8) drive letters will be reserved.
/T /t This option is used to specify a Time out value to be used
when sending commands to a SCSI drive. If a SCSI drive does not
respond to a command within the specified time out then the command
will be aborted and an appropriate error message will be displayed.
The time out value is specified in minutes. Valid values are 1-9 and
D or d. The D or d values are used to Disable the time out mechanism.
If the time out mechanism is disabled then faulty hardware can lock
up the system. Examples:
/T4
/Td
/TD
/T1
/X /x This option is used to eXclude particular SCSI drives.
Excluded SCSI drives are identified by specifying the host adapter,
target id and lun. These values are spereated by a colon. Groups of
SCSI drives (or wild cards) can also be identified. Below are
examples of the different ways SCSI drives can be excluded:
/X0:1:2 Exclude drive on Host Adapter 0, target ID 1 and lun 2.
/X0:2 Exclude drive on Host Adapter 0, target ID 2 and ANY lun
/X0 Exclude ALL drives on Host Adapter 0.
SAMPLE CONFIG.SYS
These samples assume that the user has loaded the Initio drivers in
the following directory: c:\ini910u.
Config.sys:
DEVICE=c:\ini910u\aspi910u
DEVICE=c:\ini910u\inicd.sys /R2
Explanation:
The first line loads the ASPI manager and the second line loads the
SCSI disk driver specifying that a minimum of two drive letters be
reserved for each MO and removable disk attached to the SCSI bus.
12 - INIFDISK.EXE
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Inifdisk.exe is a DOS partition and format utility. It requires the
aspi910U.sys driver to be loaded in order for it to function properly.
Upon invocation the initial screen will have two windows. The top
window will list all of the SCSI devices installed in the system.
The user can highlight a particular device by using the up and down
arrow keys. The bottom window will display information about the
device that is currently highlighted in the top window. Inifdisk.exe
can partition and format any SCSI storage device that is not being
controlled by the BIOS, this includes SCSI disks, magnetic optical
drives, and removable media devices. Each screen is self-explanatory
so the user should have no problems in using the utility.
13 - Linux
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Please read Readme.txt and KRNLBLD.TXT in the Linux directory.
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