MS OS/2 1.3 and CDROM Support problem \ VOGONS

MS OS/2 1.3 and CDROM Support problem

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First post, by muon

Posted on 2020-04-29, 10:07

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Hi! These days I'm trying the OS/2 1.3 operating system and I found a problem. I read that operating system has support for SCSI CDROM (I have a Toshiba SD M1401) and I would like to test . For the test, I took a 486 class machine and that SCSI CDROM in a adaptec 1542 SCSI controller.

I never get to read a CDROM disk!!

The scsi controller is recognized for the OS/2. The CDROM too: in the system appears the D unit (CDROM letter) But I insert a CDROM disk with files and I haven't get any file. I thought the CDROM is defective (it's very older unit), but I take my install disk for W98 and I boot the computer with that disk and I select CD-Support and the CDROM disk works properly.

The CD ROM disks that I test are in old compatible format ( names 8.3, ISO 9660...). If I inser CD - Audio I can play that CD whiout any problems in Os/2

Any suggestions?

This is a copy the config.sys and autoexec.bat

1PROTSHELL=C:\OS2\PMSHELL.EXE C:\OS2\OS2.INI C:\OS2\OS2SYS.INI C:\OS2\CMD.EXE
2SET COMSPEC=C:\OS2\CMD.EXE
3LIBPATH=C:\OS2\DLL;C:\OS2\SUPPORT;C:\;
4SET PATH=C:\OS2;C:\OS2\SYSTEM;C:\OS2\INSTALL;C:\OS2\SUPPORT;C:\;
5SET DPATH=C:\OS2;C:\OS2\SYSTEM;C:\OS2\INSTALL;C:\;
6SET PROMPT=$i[$p]
7SET HELP=C:\OS2\HELP
8BUFFERS=30
9DISKCACHE=64
10MAXWAIT=3
11MEMMAN=SWAP,MOVE,SWAPDOS
12PROTECTONLY=NO
13SWAPPATH=C:\OS2\SYSTEM 512
14THREADS=128
15COUNTRY=001,C:\OS2\SYSTEM\COUNTRY.SYS
16DEVINFO=SCR,VGA,C:\OS2\VIOTBL.DCP
17SET VIDEO_DEVICES=VIO_IBMVGA
18SET VIO_IBMVGA=DEVICE(BVHVGA)
19DEVICE=C:\OS2\POINTDD.SYS
20DEVICE=C:\OS2\MSSER01.SYS MODEL=199
21DEVICE=C:\OS2\MOUSE.SYS TYPE=MSSER$
22DEVICE=C:\OS2\PMDD.SYS
23SET KEYS=ON
24DEVICE=C:\OS2\SUPPORT\DENON.VSD 
25DEVICE=C:\OS2\SUPPORT\STDCDROM.VSD 
26DEVICE=C:\OS2\SUPPORT\CDROM.TSD 
27IFS=C:\OS2\SUPPORT\CDFS.IFS 
28RUN=C:\OS2\SUPPORT\LOGWRITE.EXE 
29SET BOOKSHELF=C:\OS2\BOOK
30SHELL=C:\OS2\COMMAND.COM /P
31BREAK=OFF
32FCBS=16,8
33RMSIZE=640
34DEVICE=C:\OS2\EGA.SYS 
35DEVICE=C:\OS2\DOS.SYS

1PATH C:\OS2;C:\OS2\SYSTEM
2APPEND C:\OS2;C:\OS2\SYSTEM
3SET COMSPEC=C:\OS2\COMMAND.COM
4CALL HELP ON
5COPY C:\OS2\COMMAND.COM C:\ >NUL

Thanks in advanced

Reply 1 of 3, by muon

Posted on 2020-05-21, 18:10

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No suggestions?

Reply 2 of 3, by douglar

Posted on 2020-05-21, 20:15

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Don't you need a BOOTBID.BID file for your drive placed in C:\ or something like that? Been a long time.....

Reply 3 of 3, by muon

Posted on 2020-06-19, 15:21

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OK thanks for the info

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