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Date:	Fri, 8 Feb 2008 10:36:13 -0800
From:	Ray Davison <raydav@charter.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Hard drive access

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jack.huffman@worldnet.att.net wrote:
>
> I don't know your Warp 4 configuration.

W4, run thru UpDateCD, with everything DANI has to offer.

> Will up2TB.flt will work with my configuration?

I don't know what all you have. You said W4 with a rather old kernel.
My suggestion has always been, use the latest DANI and kernel.
DANIDASD.DMD after 1.50 does not work with some DVD-RW.
>
> I assume the up2TB.flt file goes in c:\os2\boot and the statement,
> up2TB.flt, goes in config.sys. Am I correct? Are there any
> limitations on where it goes in config.sys? My thought is to place
> it at the very end of my present config.sys file. Do you have some
> other recommendation?

Are you sure your up2TB.flt is form Dani? Here is what I have. I am
not using it.

Ray

******************
up2TB.flt -- huge disks support filter driver for OS/2.
Version 1.0.2
(c) 2004 by madded2.

0. About.

Currently OS/2 DASD subsystem doesn't support disks with capacity more than
502 Gb. DaniS506.ADD, the great driver by Daniela Engert
(http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=danis506), may be used for
huge IDE/ATA drives to avoid 502 Gb size limitation.
But there is no solution for large SCSI RAID devices.

up2TB.flt driver allows to use in OS/2 hard disks of any types with
capacity up to 2 Terabytes (actually up to 2032 Gb). This is not real
disk controller driver, but so-called filter driver, that works with native
hardware .ADD driver. up2TB.flt simply alters CHS disk geometry
information passed to system (actually to OS2DASD.DMD) so the whole
disk capacity may be successfully used in OS/2.

Currently only non-removable HDDs are supported.

-1. LICENSION / DISCLAIMER.

up2TB.flt is freeware.
Inclusion into eComstation or eComstation/rus distributives is PROHIBITED!

YOU ARE USING THIS PROGRAM AT YOUR OWN RISK!

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE
PROGRAM IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU
ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.

Please send bugreports (if any) to me.

2. How to use.

2.0. Please use the most recent versions of OS2KRNL, .ADD, OS2DASD.DMD,
JFS.IFS, etc.. Install necessary hardware drivers for your HDD controller.

2.1. Copy up2TB.flt into \OS2\BOOT\ directory of system startup drive.

2.2. Add line "BASEDEV=UP2TB.FLT" into \CONFIG.SYS.
Optional command line parameter is "/Q" - for quiet driver operation.

2.3. Reboot with large HDD plugged in.

2.4. If LVM program can't operate with your disk, use mbrutil\mbrutil.exe
command-line program to fill HDD's MBR sector with zeros. CAUTION! Use with
care! Save old MBR to file first! Run mbrutil to see usage help.

2.5. Use LVM to create volume(s) and format it under JFS file system.

2.6. Enjoy. Send bunch of money to the author.

3. Technical information.

Sorry, not available in english version (too lazy to translate it).

4. More info.

Filter writes additional debug information into OS/2 System Trace facility.

To read it, add to your \CONFIG.SYS lines:

TRACE=ON 66
TRACEBUF=64

Copy debug\TRC0042.TFF file into your \OS2\SYSTEM\TRACE\ and run
\OS2\tracefmt.exe after reboot.

5. Gratitudes.

. Mr. Alex-G - for whom this driver was written;

. Daniela Engert - for her amazing IDE drivers, idea how
to break the 502 Gb limitation and sources of LBA Assist geometry
translation algorithm;

. David Graser & James Moe for help in finding ugly bug;

. all those crazy schizo people - who keep me using OS/2;

. The Residents from San Francisco - for their more than 30 years incredible
music and sounds;

. Pasha, the clown - for his endless great circus show;

. IBM for OS/2 :-\;

. BEWARE A NASTY FLOPTOP!

666. Author.

name: Stepan Kazakov
e-mail: madded@mitm.ru
fido: 2:5050/13.29
url: http://zuko.mitm.ru
irc: zuko or [Porno]XPEH at #os2russian channel at efnet irc net.

Any gifts are accepted in any amount.

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