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• Save your changes and exit Setup.
• Turn off the cpuModule.
• Install the memory device into the socket.
• Reboot the cpuModule. The SSD should appear as the next available drive in your system.
• Format the SSD using the DOS format command.
• If you wish to boot from the SSD make it diskette A.
Installing a Conventional SSD using SRAM or NOVRAM
When the Solid State Disk is composed of SRAM or NOVRAM, it appears as a read/write disk and
may be read and written using normal DOS disk commands.
To install an SRAM or NOVRAM SSD, you should follow this procedure:
• Apply power to the cpuModule and run Setup.
• Set Diskette A or B to the appropriate SRAM or NOVRAM device type.
• Set SSD Window to a value which will not conflict with other hardware or software.
• Save your changes and exit Setup.
• Turn off the cpuModule.
• Install the memory device into the cpuModule socket.
• Reboot the cpuModule. The SSD should appear as the next available drive in your system.
• Format the SSD using the DOS format command.
If you wish to make the SSD bootable, you must format it using the /s switch of the format command.
Refer to your DOS manual for more information on the format command.
If you wish to boot from the SSD make it diskette A.
Notes on Formatting an SRAM or NOVRAM SSD
For most purposes, you can format the SRAM or NOVRAM SSD as you would a 1.44MB floppy,
using a command line similar to:
format b: /u
To get the most possible space in the disk and ensure proper operation, use the format command with
a size parameter just over the total size of the installed SSD memory. For example, if you install 256
Kbytes of SRAM, you should use format with the parameters for a 360 Kbyte floppy disk. For example:
ROM-DOS:format b: /u /n:9 /t:40
MS-DOS:format b: /f:360K
See your DOS manual for details on the format command and its parameters.
Installing a Conventional SSD using EPROM or Flash other than Atmel
EPROMs or Flash EPROMs for an SSD must be programmed externally to the cpuModule, using
an EPROM programmer and following the procedure below.
To install an EPROM SSD, you should follow this procedure:
• Apply power to the cpuModule and run Setup.
• Set Diskette A or B to the appropriate EPROM or Flash type.
• Set SSD Window to a value which will not conflict with other hardware or software.
• Save your changes and exit Setup.
• Follow the instructions for the RIMAGE program in the Phoenix BIOS Users Manual to
create a file and program it into the device with your EPROM programmer.
• Boot the cpuModule.
After booting, the Solid State Disk will be seen by the system as a write-protected floppy. DOS commands
normally used to read floppy disks will work with the SSD.
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