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Page 144: About the symcd.sys driver, Features, Description

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DOS Device Driver Installation

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The device driver does not recognize one of the nonboot SCSI
peripherals (system may lock up).

Make sure the drivers were installed in the correct sequence.

Make sure the drivers’ entries in the

CONFIG.SYS

file have the correct

path to the drivers.

Power down all units in the system.

Make sure the hard drives have different ID numbers (boot drive
should have lowest ID).

Make sure both ends of the SCSI bus are terminated. Termination
should only be at the ends of the bus.

Check all cable and power connections.

Boot the system.

6.5 About the SYMCD.SYS Driver

This section describes the characteristics of the

SYMCD.SYS

driver and

provides installation instructions:

6.5.1 Features

The

SYMCD.SYS

driver supports these features:

Compatible with the Microsoft CD-ROM Extension 2.21 and above

Multisession Photo CD support

Up to eight host adapters

6.5.2 Description

The

SYMCD.SYS

device driver is needed whenever a CD-ROM device is

connected on the SCSI bus. You must load it in conjunction with the
Microsoft CD-ROM Extension 2.21 or above (

MSCDEX.EXE

).

The

SYMCD.SYS

driver communicates through

ASPI8XX.SYS

. To use the

SYMCD.SYS

driver, you must also load

ASPI8XX.SYS

.

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