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- From: harvey@waikato.ac.nz
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps,comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: My CD-ROM is not working! This may help
- Message-ID: <1993Jan3.212044.13010@waikato.ac.nz>
- Date: 3 Jan 93 21:20:44 +1300
- References: <1992Dec31.020712.29348@news.columbia.edu> <1i2387EINNpl2@uni-erlangen.de>
- Organization: University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
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- In article <1i2387EINNpl2@uni-erlangen.de>, hmkirchh@cip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Hans-Joachim Kirchhoff) writes:
- > 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
- > ---
- > --------------------------------------------------------------------------
- > Hans-Jochen Kirchhoff | hmkirchh@cip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de
- >> No signature today | CompuServe 100024,712
-
- If none of these hints have helped then I have just got two 3301 drives going
- happily under OS/2 + CSD using a Future domain 845 controller (using fd8xx
- drivers which are in the OS2CDROM.ZIP file. The problem for me ended up being
- the ordering of the statements follow the readme exactly but also watch were
- you add the os2cdrom.add (or something like that) it should be imediately
- before or after the other group that is in the config.sys. If this dosen't help
- any then let me know and I'll post a exact copy of my config.sys file which
- works great. I powered down, added the second drive simply by connecting the
- daisy chain cable and then powered on again, there in the drives folder were 2
- cdrom icons with labelled H and I.
-
- Mark Harvey
-
-