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Technical Support

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1. INTRODUCTION

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The Initio I/OHIGHWAY PCI-FastSCSI host adapter 1

 

Technical Illustration

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Product Features / Specifications

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2. GETTING STARTED

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Host adapter and the SCSI bus

 

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SCSI bus preparation

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SCSI bus termination

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3. HARDWARE INSTALLATION 7

 

 

 

 

 

Installation basics

 

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Installation in ten easy steps

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Hard disk drive preparation

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Low-level format

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4. HOST ADAPTER SETUP

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Running the SmartSCSI Setup Utility 13

 

 

Main Menu Options

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5 MS-DOS/WINDOWS 3.1X DRIVER INSTALLATION

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Overview

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Installing the Initio ASPI driver to an existing MS-DOS system

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Installing the Initio ASPI driver to an existing Win3.1x system

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ASPI Manager command line options

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ASPI CD-ROM Driver Command Line options

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ASPI Disk Driver Command Line options

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ASPI Partition and Format Utility

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6. MICROSOFT WINDOWS 95/95B (OSR2) DRIVER INSTALLATION

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Overview

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Installation

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New Windows 95/95a installation

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Adding the Initio Driver to an existing Windows 95/95a system

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Updating the Initio 95/95a device driver

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New Windows 95b (OSR2) installation

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Adding the Initio driver to an existing Windows 95B (ORS2) System 28

Updating the Initio 95B (OSR2) device driver

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