<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< IBM PC Card Director Installation Program >>>>>>>>>>>>> Welcome to Installation Package for IBM PC Card Director Software for OS/2 Warp 4.0 supporting IBM Thinkpads. CONTENTS -------- 1.0 Systems supported by this Installation Package 2.0 How to Run the IBM PC Card Director Installation Program Utilities 3.0 Limitations 4.0 Parameter Definitions 5.0 Using Point Enablers with the PC Card Director Package 6.0 Hints 7.0 Files 8.0 Restore 1.0 Systems Supported by this Installation Package ---------------------------------------------- This package provides PC Card Director software for IBM Thinkpads using OS/2 Warp 4.0. This package have been tested on IBM Thinkpads with the following PC Card controllers: Texas Instruments TI1130 Texas Instruments TI1131 Texas Instruments TI1225 Texas Instruments TI1250A Texas Instruments TI1251 Texas Instruments TI1251B Texas Instruments TI1420 Texas Instruments TI1450 Cirrus Logic CL-PD6729 2.0 How to Run the IBM PC Card Director Installation Program Utilities ------------------------------------------------------------------ The IBM PC Card Director Installation Program Utilities for OS/2 are registered as objects in the "IBM PC Card Director Installation Program" folder. You can see ICONs titled "IBM PC Card Director Installation Program", "ATA Mount Utility","Auto Configurator Utility", and "Supported PCCards". To start these utilities, click on an ICON. Refer to the README.CID installation instructions for installing the PC Card Director Utilities for OS/2 with CID. 3.0 Limitations ----------- When utilizing cardbus cards, this code only supports the two (2) PCCard slots the base system unit. Non-Cardbus (16-bit cards) function in all available slots (base system unit and docking station). 4.0 Parameter Definitions --------------------- 4.1 Socket Services (IBM2SS14.SYS) /C0=z : These parameters define the IRQ level to be used by the /C1=z Socket Services driver. The new Card Services and Socket Services drivers for OS/2 do not use a hardware interrupt to notify the PCMCIA status change, so you do not need these parameters. /IG0=y : This parameter defines a slot number, which Socket Services ignores. If you use the "Point enabler" supplied with a PC Card, you should take into consideration the coexistence with Socket Services. For Example, "/IG0=1" defines that slot 1 is reserved for a "Point enabler" and Socket Services will ignore the slot. /RI0=x : This parameter defines a slot number, where Socket Services disables the RI_OUT signal. If you are using a modem card with a ThinkPad computer, and you can't enable the "suspend" or "hibernation" function while the modem card is inserted, please try this parameter. For Example, "/RI0=1" specifies slot 1. /D : This parameter enables "Warm docking" from the view point of PCMCIA hardware. By adding this parameter, two additional PCMCIA slots are reserved for the docking station. /APOFF : This parameter turns off the Auto-Power Mode. If the Auto-Power Mode is ON, a PC Card will be automatically turned ON by the hardware when it is inserted. The default for Auto-Power Mode is ON. /IO0=s : This parameter defines the slot number, for which Socket Services will change the way the -IOCS16 signal is generated. By default, the -IOCS16 signal is generated based on the -IOIS16 signal from the PC Card. If this parameter is specified, the -IOCS16 signal is generated based on the I/O data size which is specified by the Client program. This option is needed for some cards which do not generate the -IOIS16 signal. You need to verify this information with PCMCIA card vendors. For Example, "/IO0=1" specifies that the -IOCS16 signal for slot 1 is to be generated based on the I/O data size specified by the Client program. 4.2 Card Services (PCMCIA.SYS) /R:200 : Specify that card services will conform to the PCMCIA 2.0 standard. This is the default value. /R:500 : Specify that card services will conform to the PCMCIA 5.0 standard instead of the PCMCIA 2.0 standard which is the default value. /P : In previous releases, this parameter disabled the hardware interrupt which was used by OS/2 Socket Services drivers to notify clients of a change in status. Neither the new Card Services nor Socket Services drivers for OS/2 use a hardware interrupt to signal PCMCIA status changes. So this parameter is no longer needed. 5.0 Using Point Enablers with the PC Card Director Package ------------------------------------------------------ Point Enabler Adapter card drivers are device drivers that support specific Adapter cards without requiring the use of the Card and Socket services provided in the PC Card Director package. Problems using these Point Enabler device driver will occur when used in conjunction with the Card and Socket Services. The problem that must likely will occur is that the Point Enabler Adapter card will not function. The PC Card Director will indicate that the Card Type is incorrect and the Status of the Card will be 'IN' instead of 'READY'. In order to use a Adapter card with Point Enabler Device driver a configuration parameter must be added to the IBM2SS14.SYS device driver entry in CONFIG.SYS. The parameter is as follows: /IG0=y : Where 'y' defines the slot number that contains the Adapter card using the Point Enabler Device Driver. After the system has been rebooted the slot specified in the configuration parameter will be ignored by Card and Socket Services allowing that slot to be used by Point Enabler device drivers. It also means the following: - the PC Card Director program will not detect the insertion or removal of adapter cards in that slot - Adapter cards with device drivers that utilitize Card and Socket Services can no longer use that slot The following is a list of Adapter Cards that use Point Enabler Device Drivers: IBM 10/100 EtherJet Cardbus Adapter IBM 10/100 EtherJet Cardbus Adapter with 56K modem Intel PRO/100 Cardbus II Xircom CreditCard Ethernet Adapter II Xircom CreditCard Ethernet Adapter 10/100 6.0 Hints ----- - You can see current system resource information with RMVIEW.EXE program. The RMVIEW.EXE is a standard OS/2 utility program which is included in OS/2 Warp 4.0. To run this program, type "RMVIEW" at the OS/2 command prompt and press ENTER. You can see short help with "/?" option. 6.1 Problems with Adapter Cards - If problems occur with an Adapter Card failing to work properly, there are two suggestions that may correct the problem: 1. The adapter card may be using a Point Enabler device driver, in that case refer to Section 5.0 and set the /IG0=y parameter in the CONFIG.SYS entry for IBM2SS14.SYS. 2. The adapter may require the use of the 2.0 version of Card Services. In that case set the /R:200 paramter in the CONFIG.SYS entry for PCMCIA.SYS. 6.2 3270 Adapter Cards - On IBM 600 series Thinkpads, IBM 3270 Adapter Cards must be placed in the lower adapter card slot (slot 2). The 3270 Adapter Card may also be used in either adapter slot on attached Docking Stations. 6.3 Storage PC Cards - Before using a brand-new FLASH PC Card, you have to initialize the card with the FFORMAT.EXE, FCHECK.EXE, FFORMAT2.EXE or FCHECK2.EXE program. - If you see the following message : << Attention >> This card isn't supported formally It is possible that it doesn't work correctly while the FFORMAT.EXE, FCHECK.EXE, FFORMAT2.EXE or FFORMAT2.EXE program is running, the card will be formatted as if it has 256KB-erase-zone size and the write/erase logic of INTEL 28F020 or 28F010. - If you see the following message : The size of this card is too small for the card to be formatted while the FFORMAT.EXE, FCHECK.EXE, FFORMAT2.EXE or FFORMAT2.EXE program is running, the card can't be formatted because its size is too small to accept the transfer unit. (At least one transfer unit is required for FTL.) - You can't use the SRAM region of the IBM FLASH & SRAM combo card on OS/2 even if you install PCM2SRAM.SYS (SRAM device driver). The card appears to be a FLASH card if you install FLSH2MTD.SYS (FLASH memory technology driver), PCM2FLSH.SYS (FLASH device driver), or other drivers. - OS/2 Warp includes a flash memory card device driver that can enable only IBM flash memory cards. The flash memory card device driver in this IBM PC Card Director Installation Program can't enable cards formatted with the one in OS/2 Warp. - In case of formatting two or more Storage PC Cards, you have to run and exit the FORMAT program for every card. You must not format two or more Storage PC Cards from a single invocation of FORMAT. - You can't use the DISKCOPY program for the Storage PC Cards drive. - If your PC has two or more PCMCIA slots, do not insert or remove a storage PC Card in the slot while you are executing DOS commands, such as FORMAT or COPY to a storage PC Card in another slot. - If your system has three or more PCMCIA slots, for example a notebook computer with docking station which has PCMCIA slots, the total number of PCMCIA slots which will be used for Storage PC Cards must be specified. For example, if you have four PCMCIA slots: BASEDEV=PCM2ATA.ADD /S:4 /!DM /NOBEEP 6.4 Others - For the Auto Configurator driver and Utility, please refer to the AUTODRV.DOC file for more detail. - For the PC Cards, please refer to the PCMCIA.CRD file for more detail on the support level. - For the PC Cards, sample installation/configuration files (CONFIG.SYS, AUTOEXEC.BAT, etc.) are available on your "IBM PC Card Director Installation Program for OS/2" diskette. Please refer to the \SAMPLES directory on the diskette. - If you use a Docking Station with your notebook computer, the adapter cards or the devices in the docking station may use resources such as I/O port, memory window, IRQ. Exclude these resources from the usable area of the Card Services. To exclude resources from the usable area, RESERVE.SYS can be used. See "4.0 For OS/2" (RESERVE.SYS) in this document. - Add /INT option if an error or a timeout occurs while ATA(HDD) card being used. DEVICE=...PAWATA.SYS /INT or DEVICE=...PAWATAS.SYS /INT or DEVICE=...PAWATASF.SYS /INT In this case 4KB memory window is required for every ATA(HDD) card. - If you have an Adaptec SCSI PCCard, find 'REM BASEDEV=AHA152X.ADD' in config.sys and change it to 'BASEDEV=AHA152X.ADD'. - If you have a Future Domain SCSI PCCard, find 'REM BASEDEV=FD16-700.ADD' in config.sys and change it to 'BASEDEV=FD16-700.ADD'. 7.0 Files ----- README.TXT : This file PCMINST2.EXE : Installation program for OS/2 PCMINST2.DAT : Installation program for OS/2, data file PCMCIA.CRD : PC Card Support List EZPLAY2.DLL : IBM PC Card Director Installation Program Utility for OS/2 EZPLAY2.HLP : IBM PC Card Director Installation Program Utility for OS/2, help file PCMCIA.SYS : Card Services driver for OS/2 VPCMCIA.SYS : Virtual Card Services driver for OS/2 $ICPMOS2.SYS : PCMCIA Power Management Support driver for OS/2 PAWFLDR.ICO : IBM PC Card Director Installation Program Folder ICON file LOGO_1.ICO : PC Card Logo IBM2SS14.SYS : Socket Services driver for IBM Thinkpad AUTODRV2.SYS : Auto Configurator for OS/2 AUTODRV2.SCR : Auto Configurator for OS/2, script file AUTOUTL2.EXE : Auto Configurator Utility for OS/2 AUTODRV2.SEL : Auto Configurator Utility for OS/2, data file AUTOUTL2.HLP : Auto Configurator Utility for OS/2, help file AUTODRV.DOC : Auto Configurator READ.ME file *.SCR : Auto Configurator sample script files ATAMNT2.EXE : ATA Mount Utility for OS/2 ATAMNT2.HLP : ATA Mount Utility for OS/2, help file OS2PCARD.DMD : Storage Driver for OS/2 PCM2ATA.ADD : Storage Driver for OS/2 (ATA) PCMSSDIF.SYS : Storage Driver for OS/2 (Interface) PCM2SRAM.SYS : Storage Driver for OS/2 (SRAM) FLSH2MTD.SYS : Storage Driver for OS/2 (FLASH MTD) PCM2FLSH.SYS : Storage Driver for OS/2 (FLASH) FCHECK2.EXE : FLASH PC Card Low-Level check program for OS/2 FFORMAT2.EXE : FLASH PC Card Low-Level format program for OS/2 AHA152X.ADD : Adaptec SCSI PCCard for OS/2 FD16-700.ADD : Future Domain SCSI PCCard for OS/2 TDKENAB.OS2 : TDK CardBus NetFlyer NDIS Driver TDKFLYR.OS2 : TDK CardBus NetFlyer Client Driver PROTOCOL.INI : Protocol file for TDK Netflyer CardBus Card 8.0 Restore ------- If you wish to return your system to its original state (its state prior to PCCARD installation), you should follow the steps below. 1) Copy all files in the backup directory to '\os2' directory on the boot drive. The backup directory is a subdirectory of the PCCARD target directory for which you were prompted at install. The default target directory is '\thinkpad'. For example, 'copy c:\thinkpad\backup\*.* c:\os2' will restore all device drivers in the backup directory to the 'c:\os2' directory. 2) Rename the backup CONFIG.Sxx to CONFIG.SYS. 3) Remove the PC Card Director object from your desktop by dragging it to the shredder or by deleting it using other methods.