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Date:	Sun, 23 Mar 2003 22:13:52 PST8
From:	jack.huffman@worldnet.att.net
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Installing RSJ

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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:

>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.

> 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");

> 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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