General:

Q: What kind of cd recording software could I use to record sampler cd?

A: EZCD Creator is not supported because this program is verifying the image integrity to find ISO9660 datas.Unfortunately, Samplers CDRoms ae not in ISO format and EZCDcrator decide your image is in "invalid format". I've tried successfully EZCDPRO (from adaptec), Gear (from Gear), CDRWin (from goldenhawk technology).

Q: Is disk2file a freeware?

A: No. It's a shareware. Seen the accompanying "Program License Agreement"

Q: What disk2file should be used for?
Disk2file can be used in the following situations:

• Want to make binary copies of an SCSI disk to an other
• Want to make a file containing a disk image.
• Want to prepare a CDROM image from non standard CDROM implementation (samplers, first unix systems, OS9....)
• Want to restore an image built with disk2file to a SCSI disk
• Want to binary copy a disk to an other.

Q: where to get informations about SCSI?
A: Adaptec have developed a program called IO Interactive. It can be found at ftp://ftp.univ-lille1.fr/pub/Adaptec/Adaptec/io.exe . It's an big help file containing all that you would like to know about SCSI...

Q: Yes, I've got the image, but now, how to record the cd for my sampler?
A: In your recording software, you've got to locate the function used to burn from an ISO image. From EZCDPRO (Adaptec) it's "make a cd from an image". From gear, there's a similar function. For others software, try lo locate the function to copy a CD. This function will usually use a 2 pass function. First is to read the original cd to make an image file . Second is getting the image file to burn a new cd. This image file is an ISO file and you should use is to burn your sampler cd.

Q: Why did Windows95 scratch my sampler disk and how to avoid that?
A: Because Win95 use a strange method to detect removable media have been changed, It's possible that you lose your sampler disk. In fact, Win95 writes a word in sector 0 while booting (just before entering in graphic mode). To avoid that, don't power on your disk sampler but boot totally Win 95 and then power on your SCSI disk. Call control panel /System /refresh. Your disk will now be properly detected without having sector 0 overwritten. I know ther is an other method based on the registry. Is is based on the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Control \ FileSystem \ NoVolTrack. Devices listed in that key will not being affected by a boot.

Q: What kind of CDROM format use my sampler?
A: It is always MODE 1 2048 byes (CDROM)

Q: I can't read the CDROM burned for my sampler into my computer. Is it normal?
A: Yes. The CDROM is not an ISO 9660 file system. It can't be understood by a computer (PC or MAC) but only by the sampler itself

Q: Is it possible to use disk2file to read a CDROM instead of an hard disk?
A: Yes it is. Any SCSI row device is readable using disk2file.

ASPI:

Q:What is ASPI?
A:. "ASPI" stands for Advanced SCSI Programming Interface. It is an Adaptec developed interface specification for sending commands to SCSI host adapters. The interface provides an abstraction layer that insulates the programmer from considerations of the particular host adapter used. With ASPI, software drivers can be broken into two components: the low level ASPI manager, which is OS and hardware dependent, and the ASPI module. The ASPI manager accepts ASPI commands and performs the steps necessary to send the SCSI command to the target. For example, although the Adaptec AHA-152x and AHA-274x host adapters have very different hardware, the ASPI interface to these boards is the same. (Obviously, Adaptec's code that implements the ASPI interface, e.g., ASPI2DOS.SYS, for each board is quite different.) The ASPI Module is tailored to the command set of a particular peripheral, such as CD-ROM. Although an ASPI-based CD-ROM driver would have to handle the differences between different CD-ROM drives, it would not have to handle host adapter differences.

Q: Is ASPI shipped with my Windows95 or Windows NT?
A: no. You'll have to install a product (from Adaptec) called EZSCSI 4.0.

Q:Where to get EZSCSI?
A: if you've bought an Adaptec SCSI adapter, there is two packaging. First one is the low cost OEM pack. It does not include EZSCSI. The other one is the end user package and includes EZSCSI 4.0. Some other SCSI adapters manufacturers have got Adaptec compatible hardware (future domain, early Bus logic) and can accept EZSCSI. But be careful with others. It seems that EZSCSI looks for an "Adaptec approved hardware" while installing and complains for "not compatible hardware" if non Adaptec or partners hardware...

Q: Why install EZSCSI.
A: Disk2file have been written using wnaspi32.dll. This is the generic 32 bit interface for ASPI. This one is shipped with EZSCSI.

Errors:

Q:Disk2file gave me an" ERROR E6"
A: This error was returned with V1.0 or V1.1 of disk2file. You must update to 1.2 to make that disapear.

Q:Disk2file gave me an strange error, with numeric error code. What does it means?
A: This error was returned with V1.0 or V1.1 of disk2file. For the most common errors, the new version (V1.2) tries to give a clear test message.If you're looking for more informations about errors, you should look to ftp://ftp.univ-lille1.fr/pub/Adaptec/hardware/scsicode.exe .For device dependent errors, you need to consult the SCSI documentation of your device (usually not shipped with it. too bad...)