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Storage Card Device Driver, PCMCIA Storage Card Device Driver for OS/2

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Advanced Information for PC Cards Storage Card Device Driver ATA cards, SRAM cards, and Flash cards are PCMCIA storage cards. The following section describes the device drivers for these storage cards, available in PC Card Director. PCMCIA Storage Card Device Driver for OS/2 OS/2 Note: Install PCM2ATA.ADD for all storage cards, even when you are using SRAM or Flash cards. PCM2ATA.ADD supports ATA cards, PCM2SRAM.SYS supports SRAM cards, and PCM2FLSH.SYS supports Flash cards. Any PC Card installed in the slot is recognized by its device driver, so regardless of its type, you can access the card by the drive name assigned to the slot. When using the PCMCIA ATA Card Mount Utility, install the PCMCIA Storage API device driver (PCMSSDIF.SYS) for OS/2. PCMCIA Storage Card Device Driver for DOS D O S W I N and Windows PAWATA.SYS supports ATA cards; PAWATAS.SYS supports ATA cards and SRAM cards; and PAWATASF.SYS supports ATA cards, SRAM cards, and Flash cards. These device drivers assign a drive letter for each usable PC Card slot. These drive letters are displayed when the device drivers are initialized; then you can use the drive letter to access the installed PCMCIA storage card. When you run FORMAT.COM against the drive letter, the SRAM card is formatted as a diskette and the ATA or Flash card is formatted as a nonremovable disk. In the File Manager under Windows, the drive letters are represented and treated as a diskette drive, regardless of the storage card type. Before Using PCMCIA Storage Cards Format new PCMCIA storage cards before use. For Flash cards, run the Flash Format Utility (FFORMAT.EXE/FFORMAT2.EXE); then format the Flash card. For ATA cards and SRAM cards, there is no 200 IBM ThinkPad 560 User's Guide

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Advanced Information for PC Cards
Storage Card Device Driver
ATA cards, SRAM cards, and Flash cards are PCMCIA storage
cards.
The following section describes the device drivers for these
storage cards, available in PC Card Director.
OS/2
PCMCIA Storage Card Device Driver for OS/2
Note:
Install PCM2ATA.ADD for all storage
cards, even when you are using
SRAM or Flash cards.
PCM2ATA.ADD supports ATA cards, PCM2SRAM.SYS supports
SRAM cards, and PCM2FLSH.SYS supports Flash cards.
Any PC Card installed in the slot is recognized by its device driver,
so regardless of its type, you can access the card by the drive name
assigned to the slot.
When using the PCMCIA ATA Card Mount
Utility, install the PCMCIA Storage API device driver
(PCMSSDIF.SYS) for OS/2.
DOS
WIN
PCMCIA Storage Card Device Driver for DOS
and Windows
PAWATA.SYS supports ATA cards; PAWATAS.SYS supports ATA
cards and SRAM cards; and PAWATASF.SYS supports ATA cards,
SRAM cards, and Flash cards.
These device drivers assign a drive letter for each usable PC Card
slot.
These drive letters are displayed when the device drivers are
initialized; then you can use the drive letter to access the installed
PCMCIA storage card.
When you run FORMAT.COM against the
drive letter, the SRAM card is formatted as a diskette and the ATA
or Flash card is formatted as a nonremovable disk.
In the File
Manager under Windows, the drive letters are represented and
treated as a diskette drive, regardless of the storage card type.
Before Using PCMCIA Storage Cards
Format new PCMCIA storage cards before use.
For Flash cards, run
the Flash Format Utility (FFORMAT.EXE/FFORMAT2.EXE); then
format the Flash card.
For ATA cards and SRAM cards, there is no
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