Installation Instructions for 
AMD DOS Removable Media and Hard Disk Device Driver

Filename: AMSIRM.SYS
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The features of this version of the Removable Media and Hard Disk driver
are as follows:

Version 1.1 Alpha
Filesize: 6872 Bytes
Date:     September 12, 1994
        o Integrated with existing Removable Media driver (1.0)
        o Supports primary and extended logical partitions all
          SCSI Hard Disk drives
        o Compatible with basically all SCSI Hard Disk drives
        o MS-DOS 5.0-6.x compatible
        o One logical drive reserved for removable media.
        o Supports DOS 6.0, 6.2 disk compression
        o Multiple Luns support

Version 2.0 Beta
Filesize: 6918 Bytes
Date:     December 6, 1994
        o Enhanced to Support removable disks with 512 and 1024 bytes per sector.
        o Changed error messages.

Version 2.01 Beta
Filesize: 7073 Bytes
Date:     January 12, 1995
        o Add a read command to check a valid hard disk partition.
        o Fixed the removable media problem while the DISK FORMAT in
          window file menu does not see the device.

Version 2.02 Beta
Filesize: 7084 Bytes
Date:     January 27, 1995
        o Change Version Number.

Version 2.03 Beta
Filesize: 7078 Bytes (English)
Date:     February 07, 1995
        o Screw up more than one device support, Fixed
        o Implement the language into the driver.

Version 2.05 Beta
Filesize: 7609 Bytes (English)
Date:     February 24, 1995
        o Add start unit command during initialization.
        o Fixed driver to handle DOS format utility.
        o Fixed multiple lun problems

Version 2.06 Beta
Filesize: 8171 Bytes (English)
Date:     April 10, 1995
        o Fixed to recognize multiple partitions created by OS/2
        o AMSIRM loads twice if they are tried to load twice.

Version 2.46 Beta
Filesize: 8379 Bytes (English)
Date:     May 8, 1995
        o File Manager does not see the SONY 301 MO device as an MO
          drive even though it is configured to be one. FIXED.

Version 2.50 Beta
Filesize: 8395 Bytes (English)
Date:     July 11, 1995
        o Fix to allow user to boot up a MO device without a caddy.
        o Add a command line option switch "/SF" to disable or enable one
          partition supported or supper floppy.

Version 2.60 Production
Filesize: 8480 Bytes (English)
Date:     July 13, 1995
        o Modified to support mix CDROM and MO on one device.

Version 2.70 Production
Filesize: 8496 Bytes (English)
Date:     July 23, 1995
        o Allocate a drive letter during boot up with a WIN-NT FS format
          caddy.

Version 2.80 Production
Filesize: 8496 Bytes (English)
Date:     August 1, 1995
        o Fixed to handle DOS format utility.

HARD DISK
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This device driver conforms to the MS-DOS Block Device Driver specifications
and has been tested with MS-DOS 5.0 and MS-DOS 6.0. This driver allows for
the reading and writing of Hard Disk device. The driver also supports
multiple DOS partitions or logical drive.

If the disk drive has been formatted with a DOS compatible format,
then proceed to MODIFYING THE CONFIG.SYS FILE. However, if the
previous format is NOT DOS COMPATIBLE, proceed the next section.

The driver has been tested using the following devices:

                o Maxtor
                o MaxOptix
                o Maxtor
                o Seagate
                o Quantum
                o Conner


HARD DISK FORMAT PROCEDURE
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If you are using a new drive, or if the previous format is NOT
DOS COMPATIBLE, use the following procedure to format the drive 
BEFORE attempting installation.

If the AMD BIOS is installed, use the DOS FDISK and FORMAT utilities.
If the AMD BIOS is not installed, use the AMD (AMSIPD.EXE) utilities.


REMOVABLE MEIDA
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This device driver conforms to the MS-DOS Block Device Driver specifications
and has been tested with MS-DOS 5.0 and MS-DOS 6.0. This driver allows for
the reading and writing of Magneto Optical removable media cartridges. The
driver allows for the dynamic insertion and removal of optical cartridges.
It only supports one partitions or logical dirve.
This driver has been tested using the following devices:

		o MaxOptix Tahiti 2m/1
		o Ricoh RO-5031E
		o Sony SMO-C301-00
		o Sony SMO-C501-00E
                o Hewlett-Packard, Model C1716T
                o Bernoulli Dual B290X-UNI


REMOVABLE MEDIA FORMAT PROCEDURE
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To use unformatted media, place the media in the device and use the
WINDOW format disk command:
	1. Select FILE MANAGER in WINDOW.
        2. From the Disk menu, choose Format Disk.
        3. Choose the OK button.

Note: DOS 5 recognizes the device as a floppy type device during
      FORMAT.COM command.
      DOS 6 properly identifies the device as removable during FORMAT.COM

To use pre-formatted media, place the media in the device and use as a 
standard DOS drive letter.


MODIFYING THE CONFIG.SYS FILE
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In order for the removable media driver to become loaded, it must be placed 
in your CONFIG.SYS file after the ASPI device driver. If your system already 
has a CONFIG.SYS file, you can open it with any text editor and add the 
following line:

		DEVICE=AMSIRM.SYS

The above example assumes that the AMSIRM.SYS file is in the root
directory of your boot drive.

Upon boot, you will see the AMSIRM.SYS sign on
message as follows:

	Removable Media and Hard Disk Device Driver Version x.x
	(C) Copyright 1993-1994 by Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. -
	All Rights Reserved.

If you do not see this message, then something has gone wrong and you 
should review the above steps.


PROBLEMS
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Should you encounter any problems using AMSIRM.SYS please contact:

	Adanced Micro Devices, Inc.
        (408) 749-4712
	P.O. Box 3453
	SUnnyvale, CA 94088-3453