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EXP Computer CRW with DVD ROM 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 ARICDF2.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=ARICDF2.FLT /P:320 /I:11

The parameters of ARICDF2.FLT are described below:

/P

is used to set the I/O ports. The valid ports are 320, 340, and 360, and the default setting is

/P:320.

/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:

1. Open OS/2 System ! Open System Setup ! Open Selective Install.