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- From: hmkirchh@cip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Hans-Joachim Kirchhoff)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2,comp.os.os2.apps,comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: My CD-ROM is not working!
- Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 18:41:11 GMT
- Organization: CSD., University of Erlangen
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- fiv2@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Fidel I Villa) writes:
-
- >------------------
- >I finally received 2.1 beta and my CD-ROM is still not working under
- > OS/2. (Works fine under plain DOS 5.0 NOT in OS/2 DOS session)
-
- > Setup: Toshiba XM3301
- > Controller: Future Domain
- > Other devices: Tape Back-up, Modem
-
- > Suppose to be OS/2 supports this without hassle but NO.
-
- > I am hesitant of running the beta install in plain DOS 5.0 (image). Has
- >anybody ever done this?
-
- > My CDROM.SYS is still dated 3/30/92 despite I had installed the SP's. Any
- >newer version.
-
- > Please help. I would like use OS/2 2.1.
-
- Have you installed CD-ROM support? (Or is that a stupid question? But I had
- to ask).
-
- Your CONFIG.SYS should contain
- a) a basedev command for your SCSI controller.
- b) IFS=x:\OS2\CDFS.IFS /Q (x being the appropriate drive letter)
- c) device=x:\OS2\CDROM.SYS /I /Q /N:4 (N:4 meaning SCSI Id 4)
-
- Your CD-ROM should have the ID 4.
- These settings should be made automatically, when you do a selective install
- Be sure to include IBM CDROM as well, since IBM drives are really Toshibas
- (or so I am told).
- It is possible to use DOS to access the OS2 beta. There is good information
- on this topic on the CD itself. To install the 2.1 beta from the CD you'll
- have to make two disks from images on the CD. The future domain controller
- is explicitly listed there as supported controller.
-
- Happy new year!
- -Hajo
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