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Installling the Bustoaster SCSI PCMCIA
Card on the WinBook XP in Windows 3.xx and DOS
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Tech Article Number:
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WBTA01030647
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NOTE: You, the customer, are solely responsible for data security.
WinBook strongly recommends that you perform a backup of all personal
data contained on your system prior to performing this procedure. Warning:
WinBook will NOT be held responsible for any data loss incurred during
this process.
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CardSoft Installation:
- Turn the computer on
- When the display turns on, read the third
line entry. It should read " V1.07". If it does not then you
need to contact WinBook Technical Support for a Bios upgrade for your
WinBook XP.
- At the C: prompt, insert the XP PCMCIA
disk into the WinBook floppy drive
- Type a:\install.exe to begin the
Cardsoft installation
- Press the spacebar when you see the SystemSoft
Corporation displayed in the center of the screen.
- Select First Time install and press Enter.
- Select the Standard Installation and press
Enter.
- Select Two PCMCIA Card Slots and press
Enter.
- Press Enter to select Drive:C
- Press Enter to select c:\cardsoft as your
installation folder. Then on the next screen press Enter again.
- Files are now being copied to the hard
drive.
- When prompted to allow the installation
to modify your config.sys, choose the default answer, yes, by pressing
the Enter key. Then press Enter throughout the next several displayed
screens. This will follow all the default settings.
- The installation process should finish.
Press the enter key to go back to a dos prompt.
- Insert the New Media Corporation Bus Toaster
SCSI card Installation Disk which was shipped with you Bus Toaster card
into the floppy drive.
- Type a: and the press Enter at
the c:\cardsoft prompt.
- At the A: type install and then
press Enter.
- The next screen will ask you to confirm
the installation of the Bus Toaster driver into the BT directory, press
Enter to continue.
- It will prompt you to let it make changes
to the config.sys, press Y for yes.
- Your config.sys should resemble the following,
however it may be different due to you computer having different applications.
This example is a core level config.sys which should be used as a guide
to configuring for proper installation on your Bus Toaster. Those portions
in bold print are necessary for the Bus toaster to function.
DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS X=D000-D3FF
DOS=HIGH,UMB
DEVICE=C:\DOS\SETVER.EXE
DEVICE=C:\DOS\POWER.EXE
DEVICE=C:\DOS\SMARTDRV.EXE 512
BUFFERS=10,0
FILES=50
LASTDRIVE=Z
FCBS=4,0
STACKS=9,256
SHELL=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM /P /E:512
DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARDSOFT\SSVADEM.EXE
DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARDSOFT\CS.EXE
DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARDSOFT\CSALLOC.EXE
DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARDSOFT\CARDID.EXE
DEVICE=C:\BT\BTASPI.SYS /D
- After you hear two tones R to reboot the
system.
- The system will reboot and then prompt
you to insert the Bus Toaster card.
- Insert the card and the unit will continue
the boot process.
- If Windows is installed proceed with the
installation of the "CorelSCSI! 2" disks (1-5) within Windows.
- This is done by choosing "Run"
from the "File " menu and then typing "A:\setup".
- When prompted for installation type, select
Full Install. Then follow the diskette installation prompts until the
process is finished.
- After the installation is complete it
will ask you to reboot the computer. Allow the system to reboot.
- Your Bus Toaster SCSI card is setup is
now completed.
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