Installation of the X-Surf IDE driver:
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Just  copy  the  files "XSurfIDE" and "XSurfIDE.info" to the
sys:expansion  drawer.   With  the start of Binddrivers, the
IDE  drivers will be loaded, and if harddrives are connected
to  the  X-Surf, they are mounted automatically.  The device
name  is "scsi.device", and it can be used with HDToolbox or
HDInstTools.

Atapi-devices  like  CD-Roms,  CD-Changers, IDE-Zip or LS120
drives  can  be accessed with the name "xsurf_atapi.device".
Please  mind  that  device  names  are  case-sensitive  when
editing  your  mountfiles.   These two names only have lower
case letters.

Unit numbers:
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The  3,5"  and  the 2,5" port can be used independantly, you
can  connect up to four IDE/Atapi devices.  The numbering is
a follows:

Unit 0: Master on the 3,5" port
Unit 1: Slave on the 3,5" port
Unit 2: Master on the 2,5" port
Unit 3: Slave on the 2,5" port

Before   connecting  a  2,5"  harddrive,  check  it's  power
consumption.   The  traces  on  the  X-Surf can only stand a
current  of  300mA.   This  low  value  is only reached with
modern  notebook-harddrives  (minimum 10GB).  Especially the
old  harddrives  (less  than  1GB) consume more than 1,5A on
startup.   This may burn the power traces on the X-Surf.  Of
cource, such a defect is not covered by warranty.

Compatibility
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The  software devices are compatible with drives larger than
4GB.   To  be compatible with all the filesystens there are,
the two standards TD64 and NSD64 are supported.  Please mind
that  the devices already support NSD64, so they must not be
patched in order to work with OS3.5.


Known bugs:
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The  date  in  the  version  string is not printed properly.
This does not affect proper function of the drivers!


Have  fun  with the X-Surf IDE driver, even if it took a bit
longer  than I promised.  Anyway, I think a free driver that
is  four  months  late is much better than a license that is
25,- US$ each.

Jens Schönfeld, jens@jschoenfeld.de