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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