Please read through this entire file before using this driver update.
USAGE: This driver uses an EXPANDED set of parameters from the previous versions of SBIDE.SYS; the old parameters may NOT work correctly with this driver.
/1 -- only read commands in dma mode(partial dma mode)
/a -- all commands in full dma mode (requires emm386.exe)
/d: -- specifies the device name (/d: must match the /d: parameter of the MSCDEX.EXE line in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file)
/p:xxx,yy[,zzz] -- xxx port address, yy irq number, zzz secondary port number
/l: -- multi-language support (optional - defaults to English)
[M] option ---------- 1 for Dutch 2 for French 3 for German 4 for Italian 5 for Spanish 6 for Brazilian-Portuguese 7 for DosV 0 for English (default) NOTE: The specified port will be in DMA mode only if the DMA mode switches are used before the port switches. Otherwise, it will be in PIO mode.
About DMA mode: EMM386.EXE MUST be loaded to allow DMA mode to work. If not loaded, the driver may crash.
"Drive identity function failed" in CGA magenta/pink text - commonly caused by an incorrect IRQ address with the /P: switch. Verify that the parameters for this switch are correctly set.
"ICM BYPASSED" (in CGA magenta/pink text) FOLLOWED BY "No drives found, aborting installation" - may indicate the driver is attempting to use DMA mode (/1 or /A) when the controller does not support this mode.
"No drives found, aborting installation" (and no other errors) - the driver line may be missing /P: or /D: switches.
MSCDEX.EXE or SBIDE.SYS hangs - this can be caused by not having EMM386.EXE loaded while using the /A switch on SBIDE.SYS.
NOTE ON COMPATIBILITY: This driver may not work correctly with Panasonic 574 and 581J drives. Customers with these drives should use SBIDE.SYS v1.23 instead.