Installing Sony CD-ROM drive under OS/2 2.1 on XEN-PCM

Problems have been encountered when installing the Sony CD-ROM drivers under OS/2 2.1 on a XEN-PCm. The Sony CD-ROM drive is connected via a SoundBlaster card.

The following installation guidelines have been recommended:-

Download and unpack the file SONY31.ZIP from Area 5 on Apricot Insight BBS.

Install OS/2 2.1 on the XEN-PCm. Once the installation is complete the CD-ROM drivers require to be installed.

Select OS/2 System

Select System Setup

Select Selective Install

Select CD-ROM Device Support

Select OK.

Select OTHER from CD-ROM devices

Select OK

Select Install

Select Install from Source Directory A:

Insert OS/2 disk 12 when prompted.

This copies the required CD-ROM drivers. After the drivers have been copied, copy the downloaded file SONYB31A.ADD to C:\OS2 directory.

Edit the CONFIG.SYS file and add the following line to the end.

BASEDEV=SONYB31A.ADD /A:0 /P:230

Save the CONFIG.SYS file, shutdown OS/2 and re-boot. OS/2 2.1 will now be able to access the CD-ROM drive.

Sample CONFIG.SYS drivers

IFS=C:\OS2\CDFS.IFS /Q
DEVICE=C:\OS2\OS2CDROM.DMD /Q

BASEDEV=SONYB31A.ADD /A:0 /P:230

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