SOFTPAQ NUMBER:  SP10751
PART NUMBER:  181751-403
FILE NAME: N/A
TITLE:   MS-DOS SCSI Support Diskette for Compaq 32-Bit Fast-SCSI-2
         Controller and Compaq SMART Array Controllers.
VERSION:  2.18 A
LANGUAGE:  English

CATEGORY:  Drivers

DIVISIONS:  Systems

PRODUCTS AFFECTED: Compaq 32-Bit Fast-SCSI-2 Controller and Compaq
                   Smart Array Controllers 

OPERATING SYSTEM:  DOS

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION:  N/A

PREREQUISITES:  N/A

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 15, 1999

ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED:  Yes

SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION:  2.1

SUPERSEDES:  8764

DESCRIPTION:  

Contains the following DOS Drivers:

- FWS2ASPI.SYS     Provides DOS ASPI support on all COMPAQ 32-Bit
                   Fast-SCsi-2 and COMPAQ 32-Bit Fast-Wide SCSI-2
                   controllers and support for accessing int 13h 
                   SCSI devices in virtual mode without virtual
                   DMA services.
                   
                    
-FWS2CD.SYS        Provides ASPI-based support for reading ISO 9660
                   CD-ROMS under Microsoft's CD-ROM extensions,
                   MSCDEX.EXE.
                   
                    
-FWS2DISK.SYS      Provides full DOS support for up to 24 logical
                   drives when used with FSW2ASPI.


-SMARTSCSI.SYS     Provides support on SMART SCSI Array controllers
                   for accessing logical drives in protected mode.
                   Also supports multiple controllers and up to 24 
                   logical drives.
                   
                   
-MSCDEX.EXE        Provides CD-ROM  support under DOS.




New Features:

              Supports new ASPI driver service name to avoid conflict
              with Ultra-3 SCSI ASPI driver.
               



Problems Fixed:

                Avoid invalid EISA accesses which could cause a 
				system hang when the driver loads.
												   


HOW TO USE:

1.  Obtain a formatted 1.44 MB diskette.

2.  Download the SoftPaq to a directory on your hard drive and change to that
directory.  The file that is downloaded is an excutable with the file name
based on the Softpaq Number above(SP10751.EXE).

3.  From that drive and directory, execute the downloaded file and follow
the on-screen instructions. You will be prompted to insert the formatted
diskette in a drive to create the diskette. SP10751[ENTER]


4.  After the diskette is created, you may delete the downloaded file
SP10751.EXE if you wish.

5.  Run README.COM on the diskette for instuctions on installing and using
the software.

 

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