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- ImageStor Version 1.5
- Copyright (c) 1995, 1996 by McAfee Associates, Inc.
-
- New for Version 1.5
- ===================
- ImageStor V 1.5 uses a DOS extender to allow all systems with
- extended memory to run the GUI ImageStor product. ImageStor can
- now also be run directly under Windows 95.
-
- The Make Diskette function (either via the GUI or the DOS ISBOOT
- program) will now use the alias files CONFIG.DSK and/or
- AUTOEXEC.DSK in the ImageStor installation directory to re-create
- the required bootfiles, if they exist. Otherwise, the boot
- diskette will be created by scanning the actual CONFIG.SYS and
- AUTOEXEC.BAT files to locate necessary mouse and ASPI SCSI
- drivers.
-
- FEATURE/FIX SUMMARY
- ===================
-
- * Integrated with Pharlap RTK for actual shippable product.
- * Fixed bug due to assumption that partitions would be arranged
- in ascending order on a disk drive.
- * Added "last ditch" scan of C:\ (root dir) to look for mouse
- and SCSI drivers if they were not discovered in CONFIG.SYS.
- * Added default geometry determination for blank, non-BIOS drives
- so that FDISK should not be required.
- * Refinements to help items, especially relating to preferences
- screen and image file usage.
- * Fixed bug when pressing Enter key in image file path edit box
- on Prefs screen.
- * Added support for /95 cmdline option to trigger Windows 95-
- specific warnings.
-
-
- GENERAL INFORMATION
- ===================
-
- Appending to tape:
-
- This version of ImageStor does not support appending images to
- tapes. Each tape cartridge can hold only one image.
-
-
- Restoring an aborted copy:
-
- If you attempt to restore a partial image (from a tape, for
- example), the operation will fail when it reaches the point where
- the original copy was terminated. The resulting disk will be in
- an undefined state; though it may be bootable, the filesystem
- will not be intact, and any attempt to use the disk may result in
- data loss.
-
- Trouble Shooting
- ================
- Boot Diskette Basics
-
- When you use the "Make Diskette" function from ImageStor or run
- the ISBOOT utility from DOS, a bootable ImageStor disaster
- recovery diskette is created. This diskette contains the DOS
- operating system, some memory-management system files, ASPI SCSI
- drivers (if present), and a mouse driver (if present), as well as
- the ImageStor program and support files. A new CONFIG.SYS and
- AUTOEXEC.BAT file is created on the floppy which loads these
- drivers and starts ImageStor.
-
- Boot Diskette creation under Windows 95
-
- ImageStor will attempt to locate drivers by scanning CONFIG.SYS
- and AUTOEXEC.BAT under Windows 95, also. But this may not be
- sufficient. Because Windows 95 does not require many of the real
- mode drivers traditionally used by DOS and Windows 3.1 for
- example, ASPI SCSI drivers (ASPI4DOS.SYS) or DOS mouse MOUSE.SYS)
- drivers), these files may not be called out by CONFIG.SYS or
- AUTOEXEC.BAT. These drivers may not even exist on the Windows 95
- hard disk.
-
- Since you own/possess the mouse and/or SCSI host adapter
- hardware, you can obtain these real mode (16 bit) drivers from
- the hardware manufacturer.
-
- When Windows 95 did not inherit the required real mode drivers
- from an earlier DOS/Windows 3.1 installation, ImageStor provides
- an alternate method for building the boot diskette. This method
- may also be used to enable a network connection from the boot
- diskette, even in a Windows 3.1 environment.
-
- You can create the .DSK "override" files to control which drivers
- get copied to the ImageStor boot diskettes. This may be necessary
- if you are running a Windows 95 system which doesn't use DOS
- mouse drivers or DOS ASPI drivers. Though these drivers may not
- be required to run ImageStor copies from Windows 95, they will be
- necessary to run ImageStor restores from the DOS boot diskette.
-
- In addition, if you use a DOS-based local area network and if you
- copy local disk images to a network file, you can use the .DSK
- files to specify which network compnents need to be loaded when
- the floppy disk boots for a restore operation.
-
- If ImageStor discovers the files CONFIG.DSK and AUTOEXEC.DSK in
- the ImageStor installation directory, it will use these files as
- templates for CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT on any boot diskettes
- it creates, rather than performing the default file scans. In
- addition, any drivers referenced within these two files will be
- placed on the boot diskette. Note that everything in these files
- will be used for the boot diskette; keyword matching is not
- performed in this case.
-
- The CONFIG.DSK and AUTOEXEC.DSK files allow ImageStor to build a
- customized boot diskette for your particular system, including
- network drivers, if desired. When the necessary DOS drivers do
- not exist on your disk drive, you may place them in the ImageStor
- installation directory itself. In in event, ImageStor will always
- use the paths you specify in CONFIG.DSK and AUTOEXEC.DSK to
- locate these drivers and copy them to the boot diskettes.
-
- If the .DSK files do not exist, ImageStor will scan the root
- directory for MOUSE or .SYS files and use these to create a
- bootable disk. If an AUTOEXEC.BAT file doesn't exist, ImageStor
- will create on using a default template.
-
- Run Modes
- =========
- ImageStor will run under a Windows 95 DOS box with no problems.
- This can be done by simply double-clicking the filename under
- Windows Explorer, by selecting ImageStor from the Start menu, or
- by creating a "short-cut" on the desktop.
-
- Another way to run ImageStor is from DOS. This can be done by
- "shutting" Windows 95 down to run in MS-DOS mode or by pressing
- F4 at boot time and selecting MS-DOS mode from the menu that will
- come up.
-
- The last way to run ImageStor is by floppy. The can only be done
- if at installation time, you chose to create the boot diskette.
- This diskette can be left in the floppy drive and you should have
- full access to your disk(s) for copy to disk/lan/tape drive. If
- copying to an image on the network drive, you may need to load
- the network drivers from another floppy (if your boot disk is
- trashed) or from the C: drive subdirectory where they are held.
- This will allow for network access.
-
- Possible SCSI Problems
- ======================
- If using a SCSI tape drive with a SCSI hard and you are daisy
- chaining, make sure there is no conflict with the SCSI ID. Each
- device needs to have its own SCSI ID.
-
- Other possible problems could arise due to pin orientation on the
- SCSI cable, a bent pin, a bad cable, a bad terminator, double
- termination or no termination on the SCSI chain. You should also
- verify that the tape drive can cycle a tape, to ensure that drive
- recognizes a tape in the tape drive.
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