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' 8VLQJ 0LFURVRIW 06 '26 After having explained the installation of the ICP Controller and the host-drives in chapters B and C, we now explain how to install the operating system MS-DOS. By using some examples, we shall demonstrate how to partition a host-drive, transfer MS-DOS to the hostdrive, install Windows 3.x and use a CD-ROM drive (standing for any other Not Direct Access Device) under MS-DOS. In addition, we will give you further information on how to install Windows 95.
Note: GDTSETUP.EXE as well as GDTX000.EXE are on the System Disk - DOS. (C) Now, in the program GDTSETUP, select the menu Configure Host Drives. Pressing leads you to the following sub-menu. In our example, the Host Drive list contains two Host Drives. The first drive in the list is not relevant for our example.
We select this Host Drive (by moving the selection line with the cursor keys n and p) and confirm our choice with . Then the following screen comes up: We now select Partition Drive and then View Partitions. The following screen appears. In our example, there is no entry yet. Press , select Create Partition and press .
In the upcoming window, select Primary Partition and confirm with . Now you can determine the size of the primary partition. In our example, we choose to use 1000MB of the disk capacity for the primary partition and therefore enter 1000 and simply confirm with . Now select View Partitions again. You can see that the primary partition has been successfully installed and has the active state (A), which is necessary to boot MS-DOS from this partition.
(D) Now leave GDTSETUP by pressing . 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 (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.
install=\dos\keyb.com GR,,\dos\keyboard.sys shell=\COMMAND.COM /E:512 /P device=gdtx000.exe device=mouse.sys device=\dos\setver.exe device=\dos\gdtxdos.exe device=\gdt\gdtaspi.exe device=\aspi\aswcdnec.sys /D:CD-ROM lastdrive=h In this example, besides the GDTX000 driver, the GDTXDOS.EXE driver, the GDT ASPI Manager and an ASPI Module for an NEC CD-ROM drive are loaded.
' 8VLQJ :LQGRZV [ In order to be able to install Windows 3.x, a fully operational MS-DOS operating system has to be present on the chosen partition. Furthermore, the first entry in the CONFIG.SYS file behind the HIMEM.SYS line has to be: DEVICE=GDTX000.EXE (if necessary, add the correct path name after the "=" symbol and before GDTX000.EXE). (A) Now install Windows according to the instructions given in the Windows manual. Generally, you start with Disk 1 - Setup from which you load the setup program.
dows - unlike, for example, hard disks and removable hard disks. To install and access these devices, a special standard, the so-called ASPI Standard (Advanced SCSI programming Interface), has been created. While the manufacturer of the controller (in this case ICP) has to offer the ASPI Manager, the manufacturer of the SCSI device (CD-ROMs etc.) has to provide an ASPI Module (note: there are some companies which have specialized in the development of ASPI modules, for example Corel Corp.
AUTOEXEC.BAT path=c:\;c:\dos;c:\gdt;c:\aspi; prompt $P -$G doskey c:\aspi\mscdex /D:CD-ROM The GDTX000.EXE driver is loaded from the first line following the HIMEM.SYS command of the CONFIG.SYS file. Loading the SETVER driver (part of MS-DOS) allows older versions of Microsoft's CD-ROM translation program MSCDEX (loaded from AUTOEXEC.BAT) to run trouble-free with the MS-DOS version currently installed. The next line loads the GDT ASPI Manager GDTASPI.EXE.
The first line following the HIMEM.SYS command of the CONFIG.SYS file loads the GDTX000.EXE. The next line loads the GDT ASPI Manager GDTASPI.EXE. Next, the corel ASPI Module for the CD-ROM drive is loaded. The parameter "/D:MSCD000" has nothing to do with a drive name, it only serves as recognition information for CORELCDX. As mentioned before, it is our objective to be able to access the CD-ROM drive with a drive name (i.e., E).
' 1RWHV RQ $5&VROR IURP &KH\HQQH The following notes refer to the installation and the use of ARCsolo in connection with ICP Controllers. ARCsolo accesses tape back-up devices (tapes, DAT) through the ASPI interface. Consequently, the GDT ASPI Manager has to be included in the CONFIG.SYS file and the system has to be rebooted before you can install ARCsolo. The tape devices may be connected to either channel A or B (when using multi-channel ICP Controllers). Step 1: Include the GDTX000.
' 7KH *'7 $63, 0DQDJHU *'7$63, (;( The GDT ASPI Manager GDTASPI.EXE allows you not only to run Not Direct Access Devices (e.g., CD-ROMs, tapes, MODs etc.), but to control hard disks and removable hard disks, too (the so-called Direct Access Devices). These devices are then no longer controlled by GDTSETUP but exclusively by the ASPI interface. The advantage is evident, in particular with regard to removable hard disks (for example SyQuest).
Step 2: Use the ASW program AFDISK.EXE to initialize the drive to be run through the ASPI interface. Step 3: After the successful initialization, do a warm reboot (Ctrl+Alt+Del). The CONFIG.SYS will be similar to the following (the relevant entries are printed bold): device=gdtx000.exe files=30 buffers=30 stacks=9,256 shell=\COMMAND.COM /E:512 /P device=\gdt\gdtxdos.exe device=\gdt\gdtaspi.exe /R:H1I4 device=aspidisk.sys Note: Drives run with ASPIDISK.SYS are not compatible with drives run with GDTSETUP.
Step 2 Install Windows 95 following to the instructions given by the Windows 95 installation software. Windows 95 uses the INT13H BIOS functions to access the Host Drives of the ICP Controller. Step 3 This step aims on the installation of the GDT high performance Windows 95 driver, called GDTX.MPD. Once it is installed and activated, it replaces the restricted INT13H BIOS functions. 1. Boot Windows 95 2. Click the 6WDUW button on the Windows 95 task bar and then select 6HWWLQJV 3.
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