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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Subject: Re: What is the scoop on the generic CD ROM drivers?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan2.174311.19196@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Sender: news@uchinews.uchicago.edu (News System)
- Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
- Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
- References: <1992Dec23.135110.1165@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 17:43:11 GMT
- Lines: 31
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- In article <1992Dec23.135110.1165@midway.uchicago.edu> pynq@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
- >I was thrilled to find that the new CDROM drivers (in os2cdrom.zip)
- >support Sony drives. I was unthrilled when I found that they support
- >only the SCSI drives (the Sony CDU 7211), and that my drive (a CDU 7205)
- >used a proprietary (non-SCSI) interface. BTW, Sony sez that they should
- >have drivers for OS/2 for my drive in about March or April of this year.
- >But, I understand that there are "generic" drivers available for CD ROMs.
- >Two questions:
- > 1) Where are they? (I searched Hobbes for "generic" - didn't find)
- > 2) Are they enuf to do the OS/2 install from CD?
- > (specifically, we are talking about installing the 2.1 beta
- > from the Nov PDK CD...)
-
- The key is the SCSI (or, in your case, non-SCSI) adapter. If it is
- supported natively by OS/2, then, nine times out of ten, so will any
- device attached to it.
-
- What Sony is evidently working on is an ADD driver for their adapter.
- Keep on them about it -- make sure they know you're interested in
- their efforts.
-
- Nonetheless, you can operate any DOS-supported CD-ROM drive using a
- specific DOS session under OS/2 2.0. To do so, consult Appendix E of
- your Installation Guide and/or the online Command Reference under
- VMDISK.
-
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