Intermec 6100 Reference Guide

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If a communications option other than Accessory Card is selected, the Norand

Utilities program automatically creates a RAM drive if one does not already

exist.  If the accessory card option is selected, the startup files on the card must

create a RAM Drive if one is needed.
For a system with 6 MB (or more) of total memory, Norand Utilities creates a

RAM drive of size 4 MB.  For lower system RAM capacities, only 1 MB of RAM is

reserved for conventional use and the remainder is allocated to the RAM drive.
The Norand Utilities program provides a menu that allows the RAM drive to be

formatted in 1 MB increments.
The RAM drive created by Norand Utilities allocates 128 directory entries, that

is, it specifies će128 as a parameter to RAMDFMT.EXE.
When NPCP, TTY, NRInet, TFTP, TCP/IP bootp, or Novell communication

options are used, another choice exists for creating a RAM drive.  If the

RAMDFMT.CTL file is downloaded, Norand Utilities executes the program

RAMDFMT.EXE to create a RAM drive.  RAMDFMT.CTL is a text file that must

contain the commandĆline parameters for RAMDFMT.EXE.
For example, if RAMDFMT.CTL contains the ćs2048 line, then Norand Utilities

executes RAMDFMT.EXE ćs2048", which creates a 2 MB RAM drive.
When processing RAMDFMT.CTL, if RAMDFMT.EXE cannot be executed or

returns an error, the communication session fails with error F 0."  Also, if the

parameters in RAMDFMT.CTL cause the RAM drive to be removed (such as

-s0"), the communication session fails with error F 0."

For a description of the Norand Utilities, refer to that topic in the CommunicaĆ

tions and Device Support section.

Most of the communication options for performing an initial program load reĆ

quire a download include file on the host computer.  However, to create a downĆ

load include file, you first need to create a download list file.
Create a download list file, as follows:

A download list file contains the names of the files to be sent to the 6100

Computer.  Each line in the file specifies one name.  The file names may

include path information so that all of the files need not be in the same diĆ

rectory on the host.  However, the file is transmitted without the source

path information, and placed in the current directory of the 6100 Computer.
To specify a destination path or to rename a file on the 6100 Computer, use

a line with the following format:

“newname=oldname”

This causes the file 

oldname

" to be read from the PC and transmitted to

the 6100 Computer with the name 

newname

".  Both 

oldname

" and 

new-

name

" may include path information.

The following is a sample download list file:

CONFIG.SYS
ROMINIT.BAT
6X00DOS\PC4800.SYS
MYAPP.EXE