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Date:	Mon, 24 Mar 2003 06:04:38 PST8
From:	"Harry Motin" <hmotin@sbcglobal.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	< "jack.huffman@worldnet.att.net" > jack.huffman@worldnet.att.net > ,
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Installing RSJ

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Jack,

I have RSJ installed on my system, so perhaps I can help you with some of your
questions:

1. I installed mine from an executable file that I downloaded and not from a CD.
Therefore, I don't know if you install from your CD. I used a temporary directory for the
executable (on the C:\ drive) and installed from there. That's probably the safest
method.

2. The RSJ install program let me install it where I wanted.

3. The install program puts the RSJIDECD.FLT and LOCKCDR.FLT files in
c:\os2\boot. Also, it updates your config.sys file with a several new lines. Then you
have to reboot

4. I would strongly suggest that you do the RSJ install, first, and get that working
properly before you do anything about Daniela's drivers. The issue here is that the
installation may not work first time around. Mine didn't and I had to contact RSJ for a fix.
The problem is that RSJ tries to auto detect your CD hardware. It has a database (the
cddrv.inf file) and your hardware may not be in that database, so it won't auto detect it
during bootup. If that problem happens in your case, you will first have to contact RSJ
and get that straightened out. Tell them what hardware you have and they will E-Mail
you a new cddrv.inf file to accommodate your situation. You will also have to modify
one line in the config.sys. They will instruct you on that.

5. After you get the RSJ installation up and running, I can help you with using
Daniela's drivers. You have to get a couple of drivers, DANIATAPI.FLT and
ASPIROUT.SYS. You have to modify a couple of RSJ lines in the config.sys. The
advantages of her drivers are:
A. Better drivers (better throughput)
B. You can use your read/write CD unit as a read only unit (you can see
and read from the drive icon for the unit) without using the RSJ software to "attach" your
unit. This is known as Daniela's "back door". Without this back door you have to open
RSJ and attach your CD unit, even if you only want to read from it and not write to it.

Good luck
HCM

On Sun, 23 Mar 2003 22:13:52 PST8, jack.huffman@worldnet.att.net wrote:

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>*Questions* Can I run the exe file that starts the installation of RSJ
>from the CD-ROM? Does this file install the program and all related files
>or does it create a number of zip files that must be unzipped to do the
>installation? Will the installation program let me specify the drive and
>folder/directory in which the program will be placed? Or must it be run
>from the directory/folder in which I want to put the program?
>
>From the .doc files for DaniATAPI (release 0.3.10 4/20/02 and release
>0.3.14 2/24/03) I get the impression that RSJ installs RSJIDECD.FLT and
>LOCKCDR.FLT in c:\os2\boot and BASEDEVICE=RSJIDECD.FLT AND
>BASEDEVICE=LOCKCDR.FLT in config.sys. The latest version 0.3.14 .doc file
>says:
>
>>RSJ:
>> DaniATAPI.FLT is fully compatible to the RSJ cdwriter filesystem
>>and its
>> accompanied utilities. In fact, if you run DaniATAPI.FLT instead of
>> RSJIDECD.FLT you can take advantage of the improved data transfer
>>modes
>> (32bit PIO and busmaster DMA) on all supported chipsets
>>(RSJIDECD.FLT is
>> derived from IBMIDECD.FLT and thus supports busmaster DMA on Intel
>>chipsets
>> only). If your CD writer model is listed cddrv.inf you don't even
>>need
>> LOCKCDR.FLT; DaniATAPI.FLT reorders its SCSI unit mapping if it
>>finds
>> a CD writer unit so that RSJ is happy.
>
>
>> So there are several choices available (listed in order of
>>preference)
>>Preference 1) BASEDEV=DaniATAPI.FLT
>> This enables full use of the CD writer unit as regular CD ROM device,
>> RSJ writer device, and CDRecord writer device. If your particular
>> model isn't listed in RSJ's cddrv.inf, then you need to add a line
>> reading like this example:
>> Plextor "PX-RW8421TS" N/A "PLEXTOR CD-R PX-W8432" N/A cdmmc
>>enabled N/A
>> Important is this part ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^, it *must* match the
>> SCSI IDENTIFY string of your particular model.
>> Caution: some devices return different identification strings for the
>> ATAPI IDENTIFY and the SCSI IDENTIFY commands! The former one is
shown
>> at boot or some ATA/ATAPI tools, the latter one can be seen with some
>> SCSI bus interrogators (e.g. "CDRecord -scanbus");
>
>
>> Preference 3) BASEDEV=DaniATAPI.FLT /A:x /U:y /RSJ
>> BASEDEV=LOCKCDR.FLT
>> This is very similar to the section above, but DaniATAPI will install
>> an additional backdoor to re-enable regular CD ROM operation via
>> OS2CDROM.DMD (or replacements).
>> RSJ and UDF peacefully coexist now.
>
>
>*Question* Does this mean I should not make config.sys changes like those
>required by Preference 1 or 3 until after I have installed RSJ?
>
>I have seen references in message threads about the need to use the /RSJ
>"backdoor". *Question* Do these references mean Preference 1 does not
>work?
>
>Jack (Mr. Know Nothing?)
>
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