EXP Computer CRW with CDROM Card User Manual
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Manual Installation
You may also manually install the external CD-RW OS/2 device driver if the default setting conflicts
with your system. Perform the following procedures to complete the manual installation.
1. Copy the ARICD2.FLT file from A:\OS2WARP to the BOOT subdirectory of the OS/2 directory
(for example: C:\OS2\BOOT.)
2. Add the following line to the BOTTOM of your CONFIG.SYS file:
BASEDEV=ARICD2.FLT /P:3 /I:11
The parameters of ARICD2.FLT are described below:
/P
is used to set the I/O ports. The valid ports are 1, 2, and 3. Each number represents the I/O
ports group of (170-177, 376-377), (1E8-1EF, 3EE-3EF), and (168-16F, 36E-36F)
respectively. The default setting is /P:1. Set to /P:3 is recommended.
/I
is used to set the IRQ number, the valid IRQs are 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 15, and the
default setting is /I:11.
/V
verbose mode, displays the initialization message. The default is quiet mode.
3. Meanwhile, check if the following lines exist in CONFIG.SYS, if not, add the following lines:
DEVICE=C:\OS2\BOOT\OS2CDROM.DMD /Q
IFS=C:\OS2\BOOT\CDFS.IFS /Q
DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VCDROM.SYS
Adding PCMCIA Support
PCMCIA Support can be automatically installed during OS/2 installation or it can be installed through
Selective Install after OS/2 installation.
To check or install PCMCIA support, perform the following steps: