INFO: PCMCIA SCSI Controllers and Disaster Recovery

UBQ ID Number: UBQ000028

Last Modified: 2000-06-05 at 10:43:12

SUMMARY:

PCMCIA SCSI controllers with the Disaster Recovery Boot Floppy disks. How to set up the boot floppies for non-standard SCSI device drivers.

DETAILS:

Only the following PCMCIA SCSI Controllers are supported by standard NT 4.0:

- Adaptec APA-1460 Slim SCSI

- Future Domain PCMCIA SCSI Credit Card Controller

- KME KXCL002

If you need to add support for an unlisted PCMCIA SCSI controller, follow these steps when running NT to modify the floppies:

Make the boot floppies following the standard procedure.
Run REGEDT32
Write down all values exactly for your controller found in the registry at HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\PCMCIA\Database\(mfr)\(device)

(mfr) = Manufacturer (e.g. "Eiger Lab")

(device) = This SCSI controller card (eg "EPX-SS1000")

Verify that DeviceType = "SCSI", note the value for "Driver" (eg SEQSCSI)

Go to HKLM\SOFTWARE. Use "Edit/Add Key", key name "Temp".
Highlight "Temp". Use "Registry/Restore", insert floppy#2 and key in "A:\SETUPREG.HIV". Click "Yes" on warning.
Go to HKLM\SOFTWARE\Temp\ControlSet001\Services\PCMCIA\Database and add the entries determined from (3) so that this "Database" key has identical keys/values.
Highlight "Temp" key, use "Registry/Save" to save to "A:\SETUPREG.HIV" replacing the existing file.
Use "Edit/Delete" to delete the "Temp" key - click "Yes" to confirm.
Insert floppy#3 replacing #2.
Copy the driver (with the example data used above this would be SEQSCSI.SYS) to floppy#3.
It is necessary to edit the TXTSETUP.SIF file on floppy#1, [files] and [SourceDisksFiles] sections to include an entry for the driver file (eg SEQSCSI.SYS).

Eg:

seqscsi.sys = dx,,_3,4,1

Note that the "_3" indicates the 3rd floppy -- do not change this.

MORE INFORMATION:

See UBQ: UBQ000024 – What is an Image Backup?

CATEGORIES:

Disaster Recovery, Registry, SCSI, Setup

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