User manual SYQUEST SYJET PORTABLE SCSI

[. . . ] ® 1. 5 GB Portable SCSI Removable Cartridge Disk Drive With Parallel Port Option Installation Guide for PC Compatible Systems Welcome to SyQuest® Thank you for buying a SyQuest removable cartridge disk drive, a truly unique combination of powerful features and performance. Our goal is to make your drive an invaluable asset for years to come, starting today. If you have questions or need assistance installing your drive, please contact SyQuest. SyQuest® Technology is located at 47071 Bayside Parkway, Fremont, CA, 94538-6517. SyQuest's main phone number is 510-226-4000, which has a 24-hour automated system to help direct your calls. [. . . ] Select the SyJet drive letter in the list box and click either Set to On or Reset to Off in the Write Protect box. Note: When you enable Write Protection, both the SyJet cartridge and the drive are placed in Write Protect mode. This means that any cartridge inserted into the drive cannot be written to until you turn off Write Protection. The Write Protection utility is supported only under DOS, Windows 3. 1x, and Windows 95. 18 1. 5 GB Portable SCSI Removable Cartridge Disk Drive Locking or Unlocking a Cartridge Locking a cartridge causes the eject button to have no effect. Lock or unlock a cartridge as follows: Exit all applications that use the cartridge, and close all open files on the cartridge. You may lose data if you eject the cartridge before closing all open files on the cartridge. Click the Lock (or Unlock), button, then select the SyJet drive letter and click the OK button. OS/2: Select the SyJet drive icon, click the right mouse button, and select the Lock (or Unlock) menu item. Installation Guide for PC Compatible Systems 19 AV Mode AV mode is for audio/video playback only. Using the AV mode utility, you can select either: · Enable AV mode-- for video playback only. To enable or disable AV mode: Verify that a cartridge is in the drive and the Drive Activity LED glows green. Click the SyJet drive letter button and click either Set to ON or Reset to OFF in the AV Mode box. Windows 95: Run the SyQuest Windows 95 Utility and click the Control button. Select the letter of the SyJet drive in the list box and click either Set to ON or Reset to OFF in the AV Mode box. AV Mode does not disable the Write Verify utility in order to write to disk at a faster rate. If you desire faster disk writing as well as the continuous read capability of AV mode, you must disable Write Verify. 20 1. 5 GB Portable SCSI Removable Cartridge Disk Drive Troubleshooting Symptom Computer does not recognize a newly installed SyQuest drive. Problem SCSI adapter software was not installed before installing SyQuest software. Solution Install ASPI-compatible SCSI adapter software before installing SyQuest software. Run the diagnostic software provided by your SCSI adapter manufacturer after connecting the SyQuest drive, but before installing SyQuest software. Eject and reinsert the cartridge. Computer does not recognize a newly installed SyQuest drive. Drive does not show a steady green Drive Activity LED (the Ready state). Note: The online manual included on the cartridge provides a technical discussion of SCSI technology and the SyQuest software. To view the online manual, insert the cartridge and type X: (where X is the SyJet drive letter), then type manual. Note: If you have more than one SyQuest drive attached to your computer when you install SyQuest SCSI software, make sure each connected drive has a cartridge fully inserted. Note: You can update the software drivers on older SyQuest cartridges without losing existing data on the cartridges. The driver update program preserves existing data. Installation Guide for PC Compatible Systems 21 Drive Letter Assignment Order DOS and Windows assign drive letters to any drive (SyQuest or not) that you add to your system. Sometimes, when you add a new drive, DOS or Windows can assign a new letter to an existing drive that you would prefer remain unchanged. In order to manage drive letter assignments in PCs, you should understand the mechanisms which determine how drive letters are assigned by DOS The following describes disk drive partitions and how DOS assigns letters to them. Partitions DOS, like most operating systems, deal with large storage devices as a collection of contiguous storage elements (blocks) called volumes. DOS treats floppies, CD-ROMS, tape drives and hard disk drives as logical volumes that have the following bookkeeping elements associated with them: · · · · Drive code letter (Optional) name Directory Files Every operating system has its own specific way of dealing with storage on a volume; DOS controls the storage of files in the fixed drive volume with a structure called the partition. [. . . ] Rerun INSTALL or SETUP of your application program if the reference drive letter cannot be changed. 6. Update the network LOGIN script as necessary to reflect the new drive letters. 7. Remount the compressed drives if you are using DOS compression. 8. Update Windows icons by first selecting the icon and then selecting Properties under the Program Manager File menu. 30 1. 5 GB Portable SCSI Removable Cartridge Disk Drive OS/2 Drive Letter Assignment When OS/2 boots, drive letters are assigned in the following order: · · · · · · · IDE primary partitions (drive 0 followed by drive 1, and so on) SCSI primary partitions SyQuest SCSI Drive primary partitions IDE logical partitions SCSI logical partitions SyQuest SCSI Drive logical partitions Removable media drives (OS/2 Floppy partitions) Reserving Additional Drive Letters (OS/2) When OS/2 boots, OS/2 reserves one drive letter for a primary partition and a drive letter for each logical partition that OS/2 finds on the cartridge. 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