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SDMS™ DOS Verify Utility

The SYMDIAG.EXE and Z_VER.DAT files are required to run the LSI Logic DOS Verify Utility. The SDMS Software Device Drivers and Utilities CD-ROM contains the appropriate files for this utility at:

{CD-ROM Drive letter}:\UTILITY\DOS

Run the utility from this directory, or copy the contents of this directory to a diskette and run from there.

or

Use the Utilities Information page to make the DOS Utilities diskette.

This document provides information about running this utility and includes these topics:

Features

The Verify Utility supports these features:

  • Provides a system check for SDMS 4.0 software
  • Detects any vendor's adapters and ASPI managers
  • Shows detailed device information found on these adapters
  • Provides a graphical user interface (GUI)
  • Provides on-line Help

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Description

This utility troubleshoots your system by systematically testing and checking various hardware and software components. No changes or side effects occur to your system as a result of running this utility. The first screen displays a Help button that explains in detail exactly what tests and checks are performed on your system.

A majority of the information received by this utility is through ASPI commands. Therefore, this utility is most helpful if an ASPI manager is loaded at the time it is run. Although some limited information can be found without one, an error is reported if it does not find an ASPI manager. Note that any vendor's ASPI manager suffices.

Running the DOS Verify Utility

In case an ASPI manager is not already installed in the CONFIG.SYS file, the SDMS  ASPI8XX.SYS file is located at:

{CD-ROM Drive letter}:\DRIVERS\DOS

The other files that are required to run this utility include: SYMDIAG.EXE and Z_VER.DAT. These files are located at:

{CD-ROM Drive letter}:\UTILITY\DOS

If ASPI8XX.SYS already exists on your system and is pointed to by the driver line in the CONFIG.SYS file, you do not need it in the same directory as SYMDIAG.EXE. If you have not already installed it on your system, add the following line to the CONFIG.SYS file:

DEVICE=[path]ASPI8XX.SYS

Reboot your system for it to take effect. The path specified in the above line is your choice (C:\LSILogic is recommended) and ASPI8XX.SYS must be copied to that location.

The recommended minimum memory requirement for this utility is 2 Mbytes. You need at least 500 Kbytes of conventional DOS memory, and the remainder in extended memory.

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Troubleshooting

Problem: The utility screens are unreadable.

Solution:  

Check that your graphics card and your monitor match. For example, an SVGA card combined with a VGA monitor may not display the screens.

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