CD-ROM INSTALLATION LATEST INFORMATION ====================================== This file contains information not available during the printing of the manual. Please read it's contents before you proceed with any installation procedure. This file contains the following sections : 1. QuickCD 2. Common Questions And Answers 3. OS/2 CD-ROM DRIVER a. Installation if OS/2 2.x is already installed b. Installation of OS/2 2.1 and CD-ROM driver c. Description of SBCD2.ADD switches 4. New Technical Support BBS Number 1. QUICKCD The QuickCD application plays audio CDs in DOS and Windows. The mixer button in the Windows QuickCD will not be supported if you do not have a Sound Blaster Pro or Sound Blaster 16. 2. COMMON QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS The Common Questions and Answers (CQA) .COM and .TXT files contains some common questions that are asked and the answers to them. You can run it by typing "CQA" and pressing [ENTER] in the \SBCD directory after the installation. 3. OS/2 CD-ROM DRIVER An OS/2 compatible CD-ROM device driver is included on this disk. The following steps provide instructions on how to install the driver with OS/2 versions 2.0 and 2.1. The file SBCD2.ADD can be used with OS/2 systems which support layered CD-ROM device management structure. This structure is supported in OS/2 2.1. Users of OS/2 2.0 can use the OS2CDR package which contains the OS2CDROM.DMD file for OS/2 2.0. The OS2CDR.ZIP file is available on Compuserve, forum IBMOS2. INSTALLATION OF CD-ROM DRIVER IF OS/2 2.x IS ALREADY INSTALLED -------------------------------------------------------------- OS/2 2.0 users--refer to the document provided in the OS2CDR package first. 1. If you have previously installed OS/2, check whether you have the following lines in your OS/2 CONFIG.SYS. If you do, delete them (or REM them out) from your OS/2 CONFIG.SYS file. DEVICE=C:\OS2\CDFS.IFS /Q DEVICE=C:\OS2\CDROM.SYS /Q /N:4 2. The following lines must be in your OS/2 CONFIG.SYS file for the CD-ROM to work. The "IFS=..." line may already be in your OS/2 CONFIG.SYS file. If it is, group it with the lines below; otherwise, add it. WARNING: Place these lines near the bottom of your OS/2 CONFIG.SYS file--there may be problems if you place them near the top! REM ---- NEXT 4 LINES ARE FOR OS/2 CD-ROM SUPPORT ----- BASEDEV=OS2CDROM.DMD (DO NOT SPECIFY A PATH !) BASEDEV=SBCD2.ADD /P:250 (DO NOT SPECIFY A PATH !) IFS=C:\OS2\CDFS.IFS /Q DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VCDROM.SYS NOTE: The /P:250 specifies the I/O base address used for CD-ROM interface card. Change this value accordingly if your setting is different. 3. Copy the OS2CDROM.DMD file (on OS/2 2.1 "Diskette 1") to C:\OS2. 4. Copy the SBCD2.ADD file from this disk to the C:\OS2 directory. 5. Reboot the system. INSTALLATION OF OS/2 2.1 AND CD-ROM DRIVER ------------------------------------------ 1. Make duplicate copies of the IBM OS/2 2.1 diskettes-- "Installation Diskette" and "Diskette 1"--that come with OS/2 2.1. Only make changes to the duplicate diskettes. Keep the original diskettes in their original condition! 2. Copy the SBCD2.ADD file from this disk onto the duplicate OS/2 2.1 "Diskette 1". 3. Add in the following line to the CONFIG.SYS file on the duplicate "Diskette 1". BASEDEV=SBCD2.ADD /P:250 NOTE: The /P:250 specifies the I/O base address used for CD-ROM interface card. Change this value accordingly if your setting is different. 4. Reboot the system with the disk "Installation Diskette" and follow the installation instructions. 5. After the installation is completed, edit your OS/2 CONFIG.SYS file to include the following lines. Make sure they appear near the end of the file. You will have to manually add two of the following: BASEDEV=OS2CDROM.DMD (DO NOT SPECIFY A PATH !) BASEDEV=SBCD2.ADD /P:250 (DO NOT SPECIFY A PATH !) IFS=C:\OS2\CDFS.IFS /Q DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VCDROM.SYS NOTE: The /P:250 specifies the I/O base address used for CD-ROM interface card. Change this value accordingly if your setting is different. 6. Reboot the system. DESCRIPTION OF SBCD2.ADD SWITCHES --------------------------------- /P:xxx This switch specifies the port address (in hex) of CD-ROM interface card used. The options of xxx are 250 and 260. Default setting for xxx is 250 Example: BASEDEV=SBCD2.ADD /P:250 The following switches are optional: /D:a or /D:x [,y] [,z] [,w] This switch applies only to CR-563 drives. It specifies the drives to be run at double transfer speed (300KB/s). The option /D:a specifies 'all' daisy-chained drives. You can specify individual drives using the ID number of the drive(s) you want to run at double speed. Example 1: BASEDEV=SBCD2.ADD /D:a Example 2: BASEDEV=SBCD2.ADD /D:1,3 /N:a or /N:x [,y] [,z] [,w] This switch applies only to CR-563 drives. It specifies the drives to be run at normal transfer speed (150KB/s). The option /N:a specifies 'all' daisy-chained drives. You can specify individual drives using the ID number of drive(s) that you want to run at normal speed. Example 1: BASEDEV=SBCD2.ADD /N:a Example 2: BASEDEV=SBCD2.ADD /N:0,2 NOTE : The default is double transfer speed whenever it is possible. If the same drive has been set more than once, the last setting will take effect. /T:1 or /T:2 This switch specifies the type of card being used; 1 for standard sound card and 2 for CD-ROM interface card. 4. New Technical Support BBS Number The technical support bulletin board number has been changed to 405-742-6660. Please note this change in your manual. ********** End of README.TXT **********