SCOUG-Help: Help, I'm Trapped

Thanks for the information. I had to send this message to you through SCOUG help. Going directly to you E-Mail address resulted in an undeliverable return message.

Harry Motin wrote:
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 21:48:51 -0800 (PST)
From: Harry Motin
Subject: Re: SCOUG-Help: Help, I'm Trapped
To: Larry Tawa

Thanks for the information. I'll definitely install, using the IBM drivers for com.sys and EIDE. The one thing that bothers me, though, is whether or not ECS has the Adaptec 29160 drivers within its base install. Or, should I go out to the Adaptec website and get them and put them on a diskette? How does ECS handle installation of drivers it does not have within its base installation? Does it allow you to use drivers on a diskette during the install?
HCM

Larry Tawa wrote:
In <67795.04.24.09.26.03.2004@constellation.carrier>, on 03/26/2004
at 04:12 AM, Harry Motin said:

>Larry, would you please send me another copy of your posting
>(hmotin@sbcglobal.net)? I probably erased it, because, at the time, it
>did not pertain directly to me and because I do not have my usual E-Mail
>access (I'm on my wife's computer).
>
>Thanks.
>HCM

From: "Larry Tawa"
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 14:18:27 -0700
To: scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject: A7N8X deluxe motherboard

Regarding the ASUS A7N8X 2.0 motherboard, I have installed eCS 1.1 on the
deluxe and subsequently the non-deluxe version via the advanced install.
Note no SCSI nor SATA. Using DVD-ROM/CDR-RW with both motherboards. No
audio installed.

(1) eCS 1.1 base install fails (at least for me with DANI drivers -
performance or compatability mode); eCS 1.1 base install *succeeds* with
IBM drivers (performance mode) - I did not test IBM drivers in
compatability mode.

After installation, I then manually REMed the appropriate IBM drivers and
installed daniatapi.flt from daniatapi0314.zip and danis506.add from
danis506r167.add and the box reboots and appears to be stable; no switches
yet.

(2) SIO 2.00 - the known traps/lockups; during the eCS 1.1 install, I
would install IBM's com.sys rather than SIO 2.00. After the eCS 1.1
install, I tried SIO 2.03 Professional on the ASUS A7N8X 2.0 Deluxe with
occasional lockups of the system; also install.cmd of SIO 2.03
Professional fails so I had to manually install. After installing SIO
2.03 Professional, various traps will occur unless I REM out the
"device=x:\sio2k\vsio2k.sys ...." in config.sys.

Larry
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"Larry Tawa"
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Larry,

Thanks for the information. I had to send this message to you through SCOUG help. Going directly to you E-Mail address resulted in an undeliverable return message.

Thanks again

HCM

Harry Motin <hmotin@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 21:48:51 -0800 (PST)
From: Harry Motin
Subject: Re: SCOUG-Help: Help, I'm Trapped
To: Larry Tawa

Larry,

Thanks for the information. I'll definitely install, using the IBM drivers for com.sys and EIDE. The one thing that bothers me, though, is whether or not ECS has the Adaptec 29160 drivers within its base install. Or, should I go out to the Adaptec website and get them and put them on a diskette? How does ECS handle installation of drivers it does not have within its base installation? Does it allow you to use drivers on a diskette during the install?

HCM

Larry Tawa <laror2004@dslextreme.com> wrote:

In <67795.04.24.09.26.03.2004@constellation.carrier>, on 03/26/2004
at 04:12 AM, Harry Motin said:

>Larry, would you please send me another copy of your posting
>(hmotin@sbcglobal.net)? I probably erased it, because, at the time, it
>did not pertain directly to me and because I do not have my usual E-Mail
>access (I'm on my wife's computer).
>
>Thanks.
>HCM

Harry,

Cut & pasted below - my notes. More later this weekend.

Larry

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From: "Larry Tawa"
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 14:18:27 -0700
To: scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject: A7N8X deluxe motherboard

Tony,

Regarding the ASUS A7N8X 2.0 motherboard, I have installed eCS 1.1 on the
deluxe and subsequently the non-deluxe version via the advanced install.
Note no SCSI nor SATA. Using DVD-ROM/CDR-RW with both motherboards. No
audio installed.

(1) eCS 1.1 base install fails (at least for me with DANI drivers -
performance or compatability mode); eCS 1.1 base install *succeeds* with
IBM drivers (performance mode) - I did not test IBM drivers in
compatability mode.

After installation, I then manually REMed the appropriate IBM drivers and
installed daniatapi.flt from daniatapi0314.zip and danis506.add from
danis506r167.add and the box reboots and appears to be stable; no switches
yet.

(2) SIO 2.00 - the known traps/lockups; during the eCS 1.1 install, I
would install IBM's com.sys rather than SIO 2.00. After the eCS 1.1
install, I tried SIO 2.03 Professional on the ASUS A7N8X 2.0 Deluxe with
occasional lockups of the system; also install.cmd of SIO 2.03
Professional fails so I had to manually install. After installing SIO
2.03 Professional, various traps will occur unless I REM out the
"device=x:\sio2k\vsio2k.sys ...." in config.sys.

Bottom line - I am just using IBM's com.sys.

(3) allow the eCS 1.1 install to manage the USB selections.

HTH

Larry
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"Larry Tawa"
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