



               SCSI/ATAPI MO Device Driver and Formatter for OS/2 Warp


                                 User's Manual


                                Fujitsu limited
                           Optical Disk System Division
                 Optical Disk Application Development Department
                                Kawasaki, Japan
 

                                Mar. 1998 




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All Rights Reserved, Copyright (C) FUJITSU LIMITED 1995,96,97,98





CONTENTS
=========
Introduction

<<Installing device driver package>>

 1. INSTALLATION

  1.1 Operating Environment and Requirements 
  1.2 MO Disk Types Supported
  1.3 Installing with the OS/2 System Installer(DDINSTAL)
  1.4 Installing the package Manually
  1.5 Setting hardware

<<MO Device Driver>>

 2. OVERVIEW

 3. Descriptions

  3.1 Option Parameters
  3.2 Startup notification
  3.3 Supported Logical Formats
  3.4 Software Configuration
  3.5 Notes on Use


<<MO Formatter>>

 4. OVERVIEW

 5. Descriptions 

  5.1 How to start MO formatter
  5.2 Flow of the operation
  5.3 Selecting MO drive
  5.4 Super Floppy format
  5.5 Partitioned format (PC/AT HDD or NSR type)
  5.6 End of formatting





INTRODUCTION
=============

 Thank you very much for purchasing our FUJITSU SCSI MO Device Driver Package.
 This package includes the 

    - ATAPIMO.FLT   (ATAPI MO drive base Device Driver for OS/2 version 1.0)
    - MODISK.DMD    (ATAPI MO drive Device Driver for OS/2 version 3.0)
    - MODISK.SYS    (SCSI MO drive Device Driver for OS/2 version 2.1)
    - MOFORMAT.EXE  (MO Formatter for OS/2 version 3.0)

 This driver enables access to magneto-optical (MO) disk drives connected via a
 SCSI or ATAPI interface to the IBM PC compatible PC under OS/2.
 This package (version 3.0) supports both 512 bytes and 2048 bytes per 
 sectored MO disks. You can use 128MB, 230MB, 540MB and 640MB MO disks. 
 
 This package does NOT support ATA interface MO disk drive (M2541B). For M2541B,
 'newdasd' device driver which is included in DDPACK may work.

 In this document, 'SCSI MO drive' means MO disk drive which is connected via a 
 SCSI interface to the PC. Also, 'ATAPI MO drive' means MO disk drive connected 
 via a ATAPI(IDE) interface to the PC.

 Installation and use of the MO driver are explained in Chapter 1.  
 Instruction of this device driver is explained in Chapter 2 and 3. 
 The MOFORMAT utility is explained in Chapters 4 through 5.

Installing device driver package

 1. INSTALLATION

  1.1 Operating requirements 
     
       Hardware requirements;
   
       - IBM PC or compatible PC which is compatible with OS/2 Warp.
       - SCSI host adapter card (if you use SCSI MO drive)
       - Fujitsu MO disk drive connected via a SCSI or ATAPI interface

       Software requirements;
 
       - OS: OS/2 Warp version 3.0 or later (4.0 is recommended) 
       - SCSI adapter driver (*.ADD file)     

   We recommend you to apply CSDs that you can get from IBM. Especially if you
   use ATAPI MO drive under OS/2 Warp version 3.0, pleas apply FixPack XR_W030 or 
   later. Older version might be incompatible with this ATAPI MO device driver.
   For OS/2 Warp version 4.0, XR04000 or later is required.

   Most major SCSI adapter drivers are included in the OS/2 package or 
   accompanied with the SCSI adapter card.
 

  1.2 MO Disk Types Supported

      This package supports
      - 3.5 inch MO disk
      - Sector size: 512 bytes or 2048 bytes
      - Capacity: 128 MBC230 MB, 540 MB or 640 MB
      

  1.3 Installing with the OS/2 System Installer(DDINSTAL)
    
      Here we assume the following drive configuration.

         - A: drive contains the device driver disk.
         - C: drive contains the OS/2 system and is the boot drive.

      To install this package, proceed as follows;

      1)  Start DDINSTAL.EXE 

          Mouse operation installation;, 
          - Double click on the icon of "OS/2 System" to show "OS/2 System - 
            Icon View" window.
          - Double click on the icon of "Device Driver Install" to show  
            "OS/2 Device Driver Installation" window. (as below)

          Command line operation installation;
          -  In the "OS/2 window", type "DDINSTAL" then return.

         +---+----------------------------------------------------------+
         |   | OS/2 Device Driver Installation                          |
         +---+----------------------------------------------------------+
         |   +---- Source directory ---------------------------+        |
         |   | +-------------------------------------------+   |        |
         |   | | A:\                                       |   |        |
         |   | +-------------------------------------------+   |        |
         |   |                                                 |        |
         |   | +-------------+                                 |        |
         |   | | Change ...  |                                 |        |
         |   | +-------------+                                 |        |
         |   +-------------------------------------------------+        |
         |                                                              |
         |   +---- Destination directory ----------------------+        |
         |   | +-------------------------------------------+   |        |
         |   | | C:\                                       |   |        |
         |   | +-------------------------------------------+   |        |
         |   |                                                 |        |
         |   | +-------------+                                 |        |
         |   | | Change ...  |                                 |        |
         |   | +-------------+                                 |        |
         |   +-------------------------------------------------+        |
         |   +===========+     +--------+      +---------+              |
         |   |  Install  |     |  Exit  |      |  Help   |              |
         |   +===========+     +--------+      +---------+              |
         +--------------------------------------------------------------+

      2) Check the Source and Destination directory, then click on "Install" 
         to select the device driver program. Then "Select Device driver to 
         be installed" dialog will appear (shown below).
  



         +---+-------------------------------------------------------------+
         | V | Select Device drivers to be installed                       |
         +---+-------------------------------------------------------------+
         |   +------------------------------------------------------+---+  |
         |   | FUJITSU 3.5" SCSI MO Disk Device Driver (ver 2.1 US) |   |  |
         |   +------------------------------------------------------+---+  |
         |   |                                                      |   |  |
         |   |                                                      |   |  |
         |   |                                                      |   |  |
         |   |                                                      |   |  |
         |   |                                                      |   |  |
         |   |                                                      +---+  |
         |   |                                                      |   |  |
         |   +---+----------------------------------------------+---+---+  |
         |   | < |                                              | > |      |
         |   +---+----------------------------------------------+---+      |
         |   +=========+     +----------+     +---------+                  |
         |   |   O K   |     |  Cancel  |     |  Help   |                  |
         |   +=========+     +----------+     +---------+                  |
         +-----------------------------------------------------------------+

      3) Within the window of "Select Device drivers to be installed", select
         "FUJITSU 3.5" SCSI MO Disk Device Driver (ver 3.0 US)". Then click on
         "OK" to start installation of the MO Device Driver and Formatter onto
         the C:\OS2 directory as designated.

      When the installation is finished, "OS/2 Device Driver Installation" 
      window will appear again. Click on "End" to quit the program.
 
      4) Reboot the OS/2 to make the installation effective.

  1.4 Installing the package Manually 
   
    To install the package manually, follow the instruction below.
  
    1) Copy both device drivers and formatter onto system directory.
       For example, in the OS/2 window, type as follows.
           copy a:atapimo.flt  c:\os2\boot
           copy a:modisk.dmd   c:\os2
           copy a:modisk.sys   c:\os2
           copy a:moformat.exe c:\os2

    2) Register device driver and ASPI manager in the "config.sys" file.
       The ASPI manager is included in the OS/2 system.
       For example, using your editor, add the following  lines in "config.sys".
            BASEDEV=ATAPIMO.FLT /U:ST506_HardDisk              (for ATAPI MO)
            DEVICE=C:\OS2\MODISK.DMD  /U:ST506_HardDisk /R1    (for ATAPI MO)
            BASEDEV=OS2ASPI.DMD                                (for SCSI MO)
            DEVICE=C:\OS2\MODISK.SYS /R1                       (for SCSI MO)

       If you want to use ATAPI MO drive, be sure that there is followin line 
       in the 'config.sys' file.
            BASEDEV=IBM1S506.ADD


  1.5 Setting hardware
  
      You may have to setup the SCSI adapter card or MO drive again. 
      Please consult each manual to setup them.
  
     a) SCSI adapter card

      iEnable DISCONNECT command) 
        Some SCSI adapter card can disable DISCONNECT command. Disabling 
        DISCONNECT will greatly slow down the performance and you cannot get 
        OS/2 benefit. So, please make sure that DISCONNECT command is enabled.
 
       (Disable 'mount removable disk as fixed disk' function)
        Some SCSI adapter card can mount removable disk drive as fixed disk 
        drive. This function is will not suitable for MO.  
   
     b) MO Disk drive (Set as MO-type, not HDD-type)
     
        Usually, MO drive has 2 drive mode - MO mode and HDD mode. And if the 
        drive is set as HDD mode, it may not be recognized by ASPI manager.
        Please consult the MO drive manual and check that is set in MO
        mode.
  
     c) Review the setting of MO disk and other SCSI equipment
 
        Wrong configuration of SCSI equipment may cause malfunctions. 
        Please consult the manual of each piece of SCSI equipment and check 
        the following items.
   
        - No two SCSI equipment have same SCSI-ID.
        - SCSI cable is connected in fasten, and is not too long.
        - There are two and only two SCSI terminators. (one at each end)  
          Some equipment has internal terminator which can result in improper
          setup.
  
      For ATAPI MO drive, please remind 

     d) Connecting MO Drive and set up jumper/switch.

        We recomend you to connect MO drive via a secondary IDE cable.
        ATAPI MO drive is connected via a (so-called) IDE cable. There are 
        primary cable and secondary cable. Two drives (master and slave) can be
        connected to the same cable. If HDD and MO drive are connected to the 
        same cable, one is inaccessible while the other is accessed. 
        It may be a big trouble when you perform low level formatting.
        Usually HDD is connected via a master cable. So we recomend you to use
        the other (secondary) cable for MO drive.

     e) Avoid dust and extream temperature

        Dust and heat may cause malfunction of MO drive. Because most desktop 
        PC has fan to exhaust hot air, sometimes not a little dust is gathered 
        onto the floppy drive, CD-ROM or MO drive. 
        When you install MO drive, please remind it and avoid dust and heat, 
        or you must carefully clean the MO drive often.


<< MO device driver >>

 2. OVERVIEW
 
 The package is an OS/2 device driver designed to access Fujitsu MO disk drives
 connected to IBM PC compatible computers.
 MODISK.DMD and ATAPIMO.FLT works to access ATAPI MO drives. MODISK.SYS is used
 with OS2ASPI.DMD to access SCSI MO drives.
 This device driver automatically detects and access the following MO disk 
 formats. So it is easy to exchange your data between different kinds of system
 using MO disk.
 
          - NSR type format 
          - Superfloppy type disk format 
          - PC hard disk type format 
          - FMR hard disk type format 
      
   
 3. DESCRIPTIONS

  3.1 Option Parameters

       You may add optional parameters in the config.sys file.
       Optional parameters are not case sensitive such as /R and /r.

       Options 1) to 4) are common to MODISK.DMD and MODISK.SYS.

       1)  /Rn or /R:n (Number of reserved drives)

           'n' is a number between 1 and 16. Default is 1.
           A series of logical drive names can be reserved for each MO drive
           for future partitioning. If the MO disk inserted at boot time has 
           more patitions than 'n', up to 16 logical drives are assgned.
 
          <Sample description> DEVICE= (path name)\MODISK.SYS /R2

           Note : This sample description assigns two logical drives on 
              each MO drive. If the MO disk inserted at boot time has 3 
              partitions, 3 logical drives are assigned.

       2)  /S (Reserved drive priority)

           No more logical drives than the number of /R option is assigned. 
           When the number of reserved drives specified with the /R option is
           fewer than the number of valid partitions on a disk, the number of
           reserved drives takes priority.  For example, if there are four
           valid partitions on the disk and the number of reserved drives is
           specified at 3, a logical drive name cannot be assigned to the
           fourth partition, and hence it cannot be accessed.

           * Relationship between the number of logical drives assigned and
             the number of partitions

           -----------------------------------------------------------------
           Option Parameter                     /Rn /S            /Rn
           =================================================================
           Number of valid partitions > n          n        Number of valid
                                                              partitions
           -----------------------------------------------------------------
           Number of valid partitions < or = n     n               n
           -----------------------------------------------------------------

           <Sample description> DEVICE= (path name)\MODISK.SYS /S

       3)  /I {h:} m {[n]} {+-{h:} m {[n]}}+-... (Specify the drive ID )

           This parameter specifies the target MO drive by the host adapter 
           number and SCSI-ID number. If this option is not used, all 
           accessible MO drives are used by default. 

           h is the host adapter number (between 0 and 9). The default is 0.
           m is the SCSI-ID number (0 to 7).
           For ATAPI MO drive or for MODISK.DMD, 'h' should be 4 and 'm' means
           how the ATAPI MO drive is connected to PC. See below.

             m is   if MO drive is connected     and switches are installed as
            ------  -------------------------    -----------------------------
              0       via a primary IDE cable     Master Drive
              1       via a primary IDE cable     Slave  Drive
              2       via a secondary IDE cable   Master Drive
              3       via a secondary IDE cable   Slave  Drive

           n is the number of reserved drives.  When 'n' is omitted, the value
             specified with the /R option is used.

           <Sample description> DEVICE= (path name)\MODISK.SYS /I0:1[2]+1:0[1]  
            Note : This sample description try to use two MO drives
                   - SCSI_ID 1 MO drive connected to host adapter 0 
                   - SCSI_ID 0 MO drive connected to host adapter 1
                 Two logical drive letter will be assigned for the first MO
                 drive, and one for the latter drive.                  

           Note : The host adapter number is 0(zero) if you have only one SCSI
                  host adapter card.


       4)  /V   (Verify with care on start-up)

           This parameter specifies to investigate carefully at start up time.
           Usually you can omit this parameter.

       5)  /U:{IDE adapter name}    (Required, specify IDE adapter driver)

           This parameter is not optional but required both for ATAPIMO.FLT 
           and MODISK.DMD. You must specify same name for these two drivers.
           Usually  '/U:ST506_HardDrive' works fine if 'IBM1S506.ADD' or 
           'IBM2S506.ADD' is used as IDE adapter driver.

    
  3.2 Startup notification

    MODISK.DMD displays the following message at startup;

  1) MODISK.DMD OS/2 MO Driver Version 3.0 Copyright (C)FUJITSU LTD 1994-98
  2) ### Mounted SECONDARY - SLAVE  VendorID=FUJITSU ProductID=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  3) ### MediaFormat=Super FPD Partition=00 FirstDrive=E
  4) ### Drive=E Ready Start=0x00000000

    MODISK.SYS displays the following message at startup;

  5) MODISK.SYS OS/2 MO Driver Version 2.1 Copyright (C)FUJITSU LTD 1994,95,96
  6) ### Mounted Adapter=0 SCSI-ID=3 VendorID=FUJITSU ProductID=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  7) ### MediaFormat=Super FPD Partition=00 FirstDrive=F
  8) ### Drive=F Ready Start=0x00000000

    Explanation
  
     1),5)  Driver name, version, and copyright.
     2),6)  The adapter number, the SCSI ID number of the drive and the vendor
         identification.
     3),7)  The format of the current MO disk is displayed as MediaFormat=.
         -  UncertainMedia   = Unknown format or no MO disk in drive
         -  Super FPD Format = Superfloppy disk format
         -  AT DISK Format   = PC hard disk format
         -  NSR Format       = NSR format
         -  FMR Format       = FMR hard disk format
     4),8)  Status display for each logical drive
         -  Ready Start=0x00000000= Accessible and start positions
         -  Not Ready

       * Device related error messages

       No.   Error Message                    Meanings
      ---------------------------------------------------------------------
       1.    MO: Cannot attach to SCSIMGR$    OS2ASPI.DMD is not loaded 
       2.    MO: Cannot Open to SCSIMGR$      OS2ASPI.DMD cannot be opened
       3.    MO: No mounted                   MO drive not available
       4.    MO: Invalid Option 'X'           Illegal option specified
      ---------------------------------------------------------------------


  3.3  Supported Logical Formats

       These drivers automatically detects the following four disk formats,
       and assigns logical drive names such as D:, E:, etc.;
       (Note: NSR format nor FMR format may not be supported in feature version)

       -  Superfloppy disk format
          Typical MO format used in PS-DOS or Windows.  Only one logical drive
          is assigned onto the one entire disk. This format is often referred 
          to as "IBM format."

       -  PC/AT hard disk format
          Partition format used for PC/AT hard disks which is supported by 
          FDISK command. This format is commonly used under Windows NT, or
          when MO drive is set as HDD compatible mode.  

       -  NSR format
          Worldwide standard (ISO13346) for multiple partitions.  One MO disk
          can be divided into multiple partitions (logical drives), and each
          disk can have its own identifier.  NSR (Non-Sequential Recording) 
          is the basis of ISO13346.
   
       -  FMR hard disk format
          Partition format used for Fujitsu FMR or FM-Towns hard disk.
          One MO disk can be divided into multiple partitions, and each disk
          can have its own identifier.

      Note: MO disk formatted or partitioned using other format are 
           considered as empty disk.


      VFAT (virtual file allocation table) long file name uses different 
      method than OS/2. So if you use long file name, be careful because 
      Windows95 (or WindowsNT) and OS/2 are not compatible in the way they
      manage file names. 
  


  3.4 Software configuration

     The MODISK.SYS device driver operates under OS/2 version 2.1 or later,
     and accesses the MO drive via the SCSI manager (OS2ASPI.DMD).  The
     following software programs must be present;


       +----------------------------------------------------------------+
       |                   OS/2 KERNEL                                  |
       +-------------+-------------------------------------+------------+
                     |                                     |
                     |                                     |
       +-------------+------------+          +-------------+-------------+
       |     HPFS file system     |          |     FAT file system        |
       |         HPFS.IFS         |          |                           |
       +-------------+------------+          +-+-----+----------+--------+
                     |                         |     |          |
                     |     +-------------------+     |          |
                     |     |                +--------+          |
                     |     |                |                   |
       +-------------+-----+----+   +=======+=======+  +========+========+
       | Disk Manager (for HDD) |   |ATAPI MO Driver|  |  MO Disk Driver |
       |      OS2DASD.DMD       |   |  MODISK.DMD   |  |   MODISK.SYS    |
       +-------------+----------+   +======+========+  +=======+=========+
                     |                     |                   |
                     |         +===========+===+        +------+---------+
                     |         | Filter Driver |        | SCSI Manager   |
                     |         | ATAPIMO.FLT   |        |  OS2ASPI.DMD   |
                     |         +=======+=======+        +------+---------+
                     |                 |                       |
                     |                 |                       |
       +-------------+-----------------+---+          +--------+---------+
       |   Disk Control Adapter            |          |  SCSI Adapter    |
       |      IBM1S506.ADD                 |          |   XXXXX.ADD      |
       +----------------+------------------+          +--------+---------+
                        |                                      |
                    ATAPI MO drive                      SCSI MO drive



       Notes;

       1. OS2ASPI.DMD is required as the SCSI manager. Because OS2SCSI.DMD 
          may also work as SCSI manager, some allocation may be required. 

       2. Because MO disk is removable media, OS/2 does not support HPFS 
          file system for MO.

  3.5 Notes on Use

      1) MODISK.SYS has the device name 'MO-DISK$' and MODISK.DMD has 'MO-DISKA', 
         so these names will not be allowed as file name.

      2) DISKCOPY command supports non-partitioned disks only. So only the 
         superfloppy formatted MO disks can be used with DISKCOPY command.

      3) If, when using /R option, more than the actual number of the 
         partitions have been specified as reserved drives, some logical drive
         may not relate to the physical partition. If you access such a logical
         drive, you will get a "drive not ready" message.

      4) The very early version of OS/2 Warp 3.0 (3.00) may cause problems.
         For example, CHKDSK command may return error even for the normal MO dis
k. 
         We recommend you apply the CSD (or FIXPACK) which you can get from IBM.
  
      5) Some SCSI adapters can disable the DISCONNECT command. But do not disab
le
         DISCONNECT command or you'll get poor performance and you might have
         trouble if you try to access the SCSI disk from more than 2 programs at
         once.
  
      6) If you use long file names and exchange data between Windows95(or NT)
         and OS/2, be careful because these operating systems use different way
         to manage long file names. Refer to the manual of OS/2 for detail. 

      7) Please use MOFORMAT.EXE to format 2048 byte per sectored MO disk.
        FORMAT.COM included in OS/2 as standard command, may not support this 
        MO disk.
      
      8) For ATAPI MO drive, other IDE or ATAPI drive might be incompatible.
        Please apply the latest CSD from IBM, and not to use non-standard IDE 
        device drivers.



<<MOFORMAT Utility>>

4. OUTLINE

   The MOFORMAT utility is designed to initialize MO disks using the Fujitsu MO
   drive and MODISK.SYS. Both low level and high level format is possible.
   
   Low level format may be refered to as 'physical format' or 'long format'.
   The MO disk is normally low level formatted at at the factory.

       Low level format (long format, physical format), which is the physical
       formatting of the disk surface, creates sectors on the disk. MOFORMAT 
       enables you to do a low level format on an MO disk. Before you can use
       an MO disk, it must have been Low level formatted.
       However, low level re-formatting is normally only required if the disk
       generates many errors during use. This is because nearly all MO disks
       currently on the market have already been Low level formatted before
       you buy them.
   
   Logical format may be refereed to 'hi-level format'. So that OS/2 correctly
   recognize the disk, logical format is required.
   
   This MOFORMAT utility supports the following logical formats.
  
      - Superfloppy format
      - PC hard disk format
      - NSR format
   
   FMR hard disk format is recognized only to notify you that the disk may 
   contain you data.        

   Using PC hard disk format or NSR format, MOFORMAT can create up to 10 
   partitions on one MO disk. On creating partition, MOFOMAT formats each 
   created partition into FAT (file allocation table) file system. 
    
   This version of MOFORMAT supports both 512 and 2048 bytes per sectored disk.
 
 5. DESCRIPTIONS

  5.1 How to start MO formatter

      There are two ways to start MOFORMAT.

       (1) Type 'MOFORMAT' and [Enter] on the command line.
      or
       (2) Double click on the icon of MOFORMAT.EXE in the '\OS2' folder.

      Then, MOFORMAT will start and show the drive selection dialog.

      If MOFORMAT does not show the drive selection dialog or displays any 
      error message, quit the program and review all software and hardware  
      configurations.

  5.2 Flow of the operation

       The following chart shows the MOFORMAT functions and dialogs.

                Start
          quit
            |    |
        (up)|    |(down)
      +------------------------+
      |Start up dialog        |
      |  Select a Drive Unit  |
      |  Select a Format type |
      +------------------------+
            |    |
            |    |
      +------------------------+ 
      |  Specify the detail    |
      |    of Format           |
      +------------------------+
            |    |
            |    |
      +----------------------+
      |  Confirm dialog      |
      +----------------------+
                 |
                 |
      +----------------------+
      |  Formatting dialog   |
      +----------------------+
                 |
                 |
      +----------------------+
      | Format is end dialog | * Click on [OK] when the formatting is finished
      +----------------------+   then the disk will be ejected.
                 |
           return to Startup dialog
        

  5.3 Selecting MO drive

      On this dialog, select the MO drive which you want to format and select 
      the type of logical format which you are going to create.
      To select one item, use mouse click or short cut key (ALT + one key).
      
      +------------------------------------------------------------------+
      | V| Magneto-optical Disk Formatter                                |
      +------------------------------------------------------------------+
      |About..                                                           |
      |------------------------------------------------------------------+
      | +--Select a Drive Unit-------------------------------------+     |
      | | +-------------------------------------------------+----+ |     |
      | | | HA#0 - SCSI ID 4 : FUJITSU M2512A               |  | |     |
      | | |                                                 +----+ |     |
      | | |                                                 |    | |     |
      | | |                                                 +----+ |     |
      | | |                                                 |  | |     |
      | | +-------------------------------------------------+----+ |     |
      | |   Drive Info : E:                                        |     |
      | |  Format Type : NSR                                       |     |
      | |                  121 MB                                  |     |
      | |                  512 bytes/Sector                        |     |
      | +----------------------------------------------------------+     |
      |                                                                  |
      |  +--Select a Format Type-------------------+    +---------+      |
      |  |                                         |    |  START  |      |
      |  |  mNSR                     |vn         |    +---------+      |
      |  |                                         |                     |
      |  |     [ ]  Low level Format               |    +---------+      |
      |  |                                         |    |   END   |      |
      |  +-----------------------------------------+    +---------+      |
      |                                                                  |
      +------------------------------------------------------------------+

      (1) Select a Drive Unit (Drive Info: )

        Here is a list of the MO Drivers that are currently managed by 
        MODISK.SYS. Select one of these drives which will be used to format 
        your disk. If there is a MO disk inserted in the selected MO drive,
        the current logical format of the disk is shown at the lower part of
        this area.

      (2)  Select a Format Type
 
        The logical format type which will be created on the disk is displayed
        here. If this format type is differ form what you want open the list 
        box, then select format type. You may select Superfloppy type, PC Hard
        disk type or NSR type.

        [ ] Low level Format
        To do Low-level Format, click mouse button to mark this check box or 
        move cursor to the box and press space key.

      (3) START

          Click here to continue formatting. Then MO disk is locked and the ejec
t
          button on the drive will not function until you finish the formatting
          or you quit the program.

      (4) END

          Click here to quit the program.


      (5) Error messages 

          You might encounter the following error message.

          - MO Drive is not ready.
          - Device is already in use.
          
        In these occurs, please check the MO drive status or insert the MO disk
        into the drive and wait until the green LED is off.
  
  
  5.4  Super Floppy format
 
    Here, you can specify volume label, partition name, partition size.
    Partition name is used as the label of a partition.
    Depending on the type of format, there are two kind of dialogs;
  

           +-------------------------------------------------+
           |     Super Floppy format                         | 
           +-------------------------------------------------+
           |                                                 | 
           |        Volume label [                      ]    | 
           |                                                 | 
           |   +---------+   +---------+                     | 
           |   | FORMAT  |   |  CANCEL |                     | 
           |   +---------+   +---------+                     | 
           +-------------------------------------------------+
        
         Click on [FORMAT] to start format. Then next dialog will appear.
        
           +---------------------------------------------------+
           |                                                   | 
           +---------------------------------------------------+
           |   +---------+                                     | 
           |   | CAUTION | All existing data on disk will      | 
           |   +---------+ be lost.                            | 
           |               Continue ?                          | 
           |   +------+  +------+                              | 
           |   |  Yes |  |  No  |                              | 
           |   +------+  +------+                              | 
           +---------------------------------------------------+

      Click on [Yes] to confirm then formatting will start.

      If you have checked [ ] Low level format on the startup dialog, it 
      will take about 10 to 20 minutes to do the Low level format. 
      The actual time depends on the condition of the MO disk.
  
  
  5.5 Partitioned format (PC/AT HDD or NSR type)

      When you select PC/AT HDD type or NSR type, you can specify the 
      name and the size of each partition. When you select NSR type, 
      you can set volume ID also.
      Up to 10 partitions can be created on each MO disk.
      
      Current information of the partitions are shown.  Use [CREATE], 
      [DELETE], or [RENAME] to specify the partitioning method you choose.
      Then click on [FORMAT] to perform actual formatting.

      +---+--------------------------------------------------------+
      | V |  NSR type format / Partition information               | 
      +---+--------------------------------------------------------+
      |     Volume ID (NSR): mtestPartition                 n    | 
      |                                                            | 
      |   No. Drive  Label              File System    Mbytes      | 
      | +----------------------------------------------------+     | 
      | |  1   F:   NSR001                 FAT           200 |     | 
      | |  2   ?:   RESERVED               FAT            17 |     | 
      | |                                                    |     | 
      | |                                                    |     | 
      | |                                                    |     | 
      | |                                                    |     | 
      | |                                                    |     | 
      | |                                                    |     | 
      | |                                                    |     | 
      | |                                                    |     | 
      | +----------------------------------------------------+     | 
      | +--------+ +--------+   +--------+ +-------+ +--------+    | 
      | | FORMAT | | CANCEL |   | CREATE | | RENAME| | DELETE |    | 
      | +--------+ +--------+   +--------+ +-------+ +--------+    | 
      +------------------------------------------------------------+

       note;
         If you are going to change the type of disk format, the disk is 
         regarded as an empty disk. 


      (1)  Volume ID

          This volume ID is valid only for NSR type. 
          Click on the volume ID input field, then type in the chosen name.

      (2) Create a partition

          Select a Free partition, then click on [CREATE]; or double click 
          on the Free partition.

          +-----------------------------------------------+
          |  Create Partition                             | 
          +-----------------------------------------------+
          |                      +------------------+     | 
          |           Label      | MY DATA          |     | 
          |                      +------------------+     | 
          |                      +--------+               | 
          |  Available area (MB) |     17 |               | 
          |                      +--------+               | 
          |                      +--------+               | 
          |            Size (MB) |     17 |               | 
          |                      +--------+               | 
          |                                               | 
          |   +--------+  +--------+                      | 
          |   | CREATE |  | CANCEL |                      | 
          |   +--------+  +--------+                      | 
          +-----------------------------------------------+

          Enter the label name and partition size (in Mega bytes), and 
          click on [CREATE]. The partition name is used as volume label of FAT
          file system of that partition.


      (3) Change the name of partition

          Select the partition which you want to change the name of. 
          Then click on [RENAME].

          +-------------------------------------------+
          | Change Label                              | 
          +-------------------------------------------+
          |               +-------------------+       | 
          |      Label    | MY DATA           |       | 
          |               +-------------------+       | 
          |                                           | 
          |   +--------+  +--------+                  | 
          |   | CHANGE |  | CANCEL |                  | 
          |   +--------+  +--------+                  | 
          +-------------------------------------------+
          Type in the new partition name, then click on [CHANGE].


      (4) Delete a partition

          Select the partition you want to delete. Then click on [DELETE];
          or double click the partition which you want to delete. 

           +-------------------------------------------------+
           |   Delete Partition                              | 
           +-------------------------------------------------+
           |                                                 | 
           |         Are you sure you want to perform        | 
           | iHj  Delete ?                                | 
           |                                                 | 
           |   +-------+   +------+                          | 
           |   |  Yes  |   |  No  |                          | 
           |   +-------+   +------+                          | 
           +-------------------------------------------------+
         Click on [Yes] if you really want to delete that partition.

      (5) FORMAT 

          Click here to reflect current partition information on to the disk.
          Then the Confirm dialog will appear. (as below)

           +---------------------------------------------+
           |                                             | 
           +---------------------------------------------+
           |                                             | 
           |       Volume Information will be changed.   | 
           |       Continue ?                            | 
           |   +-------+   +-------+                     | 
           |   |  Yes  |   |   No  |                     | 
           |   +-------+   +-------+                     | 
           +---------------------------------------------+
         
          Click on [Yes] to confirm partitioning and formatting.
          If you CREATE/DELETE partitions, all data on that partition may 
          be lost forever, so always backup any important data you have on 
          that MO disk prior to stating MOFORMAT.

          If you have checked [ ] Low level format on the startup dialog,
          it will take about 10 to 20 s to do Low level format. 
          The actual time depends on the condition of the MO disk.


      (6) CANCEL

          Click here to quit without changing the partition information.  
          This is useful when you want to review the current partition.


  5.6 End of formatting

      When formatting has been finished, following dialog will appear.
          
           +------------------------------------------+
           |                                          | 
           +------------------------------------------+
           |     Format was successful                | 
           |   +--------+                             | 
           |   |   OK   |                             | 
           |   +--------+                             |
           +------------------------------------------+

      Click on [OK]. Then MO disk will be ejected and the Startup dialog 
      will be displayed again.
     
      Click on [END] in the Startup dialog to quit the program.
      
       
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