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Date:	Tue, 25 Mar 2003 14:58:52 PST8
From:	jack.huffman@worldnet.att.net
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	"Harry Motin" <hmotin@sbcglobal.net > ,scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Installing RSJ

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Harry,

Thanks for the advice in the message to which I am replying and subsequent
messages. I plan to follow it but don't seem to have ASPIROUT.SYS
anywhere on my C drive. Will you please tell me where to find it?

Thanks.

Jack

p.s. I am sorry you received the same message at your personal address.
I screwed up something in MR2ICE. In
<20030324140528.GXKS22937.mtiwgwc17.worldnet.att.net@mtiwgwc17.worldnet.att.net>,
on 03/24/2003
at 06:05 AM, "Harry Motin" said:

>Jack,

>I have RSJ installed on my system, so perhaps I can help you with some of
>your questions:

>1. I installed mine from an executable file that I downloaded and not
>from a CD. Therefore, I don't know if you install from your CD. I used a
>temporary directory for the executable (on the C:\ drive) and installed
>from there. That's probably the safest method.

>2. The RSJ install program let me install it where I wanted.

>3. The install program puts the RSJIDECD.FLT and LOCKCDR.FLT files in
>c:\os2\boot. Also, it updates your config.sys file with a several new
>lines. Then you have to reboot

>4. I would strongly suggest that you do the RSJ install, first, and get
>that working properly before you do anything about Daniela's drivers.
>The issue here is that the installation may not work first time around.
>Mine didn't and I had to contact RSJ for a fix. The problem is that RSJ
>tries to auto detect your CD hardware. It has a database (the cddrv.inf
>file) and your hardware may not be in that database, so it won't auto
>detect it during bootup. If that problem happens in your case, you will
>first have to contact RSJ and get that straightened out. Tell them what
>hardware you have and they will E-Mail you a new cddrv.inf file to
>accommodate your situation. You will also have to modify one line in the
>config.sys. They will instruct you on that.

>5. After you get the RSJ installation up and running, I can help you with
>using Daniela's drivers. You have to get a couple of drivers,
>DANIATAPI.FLT and ASPIROUT.SYS. You have to modify a couple of RSJ lines
>in the config.sys. The advantages of her drivers are:
> A. Better drivers (better throughput)
> B. You can use your read/write CD unit as a read only unit (you can see
>and read from the drive icon for the unit) without using the RSJ software
>to "attach" your unit. This is known as Daniela's "back door". Without
>this back door you have to open RSJ and attach your CD unit, even if you
>only want to read from it and not write to it.

>Good luck
>HCM

>On Sun, 23 Mar 2003 22:13:52 PST8, jack.huffman@worldnet.att.net wrote:

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>>*Questions* Can I run the exe file that starts the installation of RSJ
>>from the CD-ROM? Does this file install the program and all related files
>>or does it create a number of zip files that must be unzipped to do the
>>installation? Will the installation program let me specify the drive and
>>folder/directory in which the program will be placed? Or must it be run
>>from the directory/folder in which I want to put the program?
>>
>>From the .doc files for DaniATAPI (release 0.3.10 4/20/02 and release
>>0.3.14 2/24/03) I get the impression that RSJ installs RSJIDECD.FLT and
>>LOCKCDR.FLT in c:\os2\boot and BASEDEVICE=RSJIDECD.FLT AND
>>BASEDEVICE=LOCKCDR.FLT in config.sys. The latest version 0.3.14 .doc file
>>says:
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>>>RSJ:
>>> DaniATAPI.FLT is fully compatible to the RSJ cdwriter filesystem
>>>and its
>>> accompanied utilities. In fact, if you run DaniATAPI.FLT instead of
>>> RSJIDECD.FLT you can take advantage of the improved data transfer
>>>modes
>>> (32bit PIO and busmaster DMA) on all supported chipsets
>>>(RSJIDECD.FLT is
>>> derived from IBMIDECD.FLT and thus supports busmaster DMA on Intel
>>>chipsets
>>> only). If your CD writer model is listed cddrv.inf you don't even
>>>need
>>> LOCKCDR.FLT; DaniATAPI.FLT reorders its SCSI unit mapping if it
>>>finds
>>> a CD writer unit so that RSJ is happy.
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>>
>>> So there are several choices available (listed in order of
>>>preference)
>>>Preference 1) BASEDEV=DaniATAPI.FLT
>>> This enables full use of the CD writer unit as regular CD ROM device,
>>> RSJ writer device, and CDRecord writer device. If your particular
>>> model isn't listed in RSJ's cddrv.inf, then you need to add a line
>>> reading like this example:
>>> Plextor "PX-RW8421TS" N/A "PLEXTOR CD-R PX-W8432" N/A cdmmc
>>>enabled N/A
>>> Important is this part ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^, it *must* match the
>>> SCSI IDENTIFY string of your particular model.
>>> Caution: some devices return different identification strings for the
>>> ATAPI IDENTIFY and the SCSI IDENTIFY commands! The former one is
>shown
>>> at boot or some ATA/ATAPI tools, the latter one can be seen with some
>>> SCSI bus interrogators (e.g. "CDRecord -scanbus");
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>>
>>> Preference 3) BASEDEV=DaniATAPI.FLT /A:x /U:y /RSJ
>>> BASEDEV=LOCKCDR.FLT
>>> This is very similar to the section above, but DaniATAPI will install
>>> an additional backdoor to re-enable regular CD ROM operation via
>>> OS2CDROM.DMD (or replacements).
>>> RSJ and UDF peacefully coexist now.
>>
>>
>>*Question* Does this mean I should not make config.sys changes like those
>>required by Preference 1 or 3 until after I have installed RSJ?
>>
>>I have seen references in message threads about the need to use the /RSJ
>>"backdoor". *Question* Do these references mean Preference 1 does not
>>work?
>>
>>Jack (Mr. Know Nothing?)
>>
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