Lock/unlock of removable media – Tekram Technology DC-820B User Manual

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EISA Fast SCSI Caching Adapter

Drive A:

Floppy drive

Drive B:

Floppy drive

Drive C:

Adapter 0, SCSI ID 0 (BIOS INT 13H controlled
HDD)

Drive D:

Adapter 0, SCSI ID 1 (BIOS INT 13H controlled
HDD)

Drive E:

Adapter 0, SCSI ID 4, Primary DOS (MO)

Drive F:

Adapter 0, SCSI ID 4, Extended DOS logical drive
(MO)

Drive G:

Adapter 0, SCSI ID 4, Extended DOS logical drive
(MO)

Drive H:

Adapter 0, SCSI ID 5, Primary DOS (HDD)

Drive I:

Adapter 1, SCSI ID 2, Primary DOS (HDD)

Note: If you enable the DOS 5 support in ECU, you will be able to install up
to eight drives without installing device drivers. Of course, your DOS version
must be 5.0 or above.

The CHKDRIVE.EXE utility can be used to check the logical drives con-
trolled by DISKDRV.SYS. Refer to CHKDRIVE.EXE section.

LOCK/UNLOCK of removable media

LOCK/UNLOCK functions are crucial for data integrity and need to be
supported by drivers. To prevent the data from being destroyed by improper
operation of your devices, it is recommended to use the DOS 4.x or DOS 5.0
SHARE utility for automatic LOCK/UNLOCK. This can be done by adding
“share.exe” to your “AUTOEXEC.BAT” file. After adding the “share.exe”
file, the system will LOCK your medium when opening a file and UNLOCK
it when closing the file.

For removable media, the cartridge can be retrieved at any time if no file is
opened. Cartridge change is transparent to the user. DOS logical drive
information will be updated automatically every time you change the car-
tridge.

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