Re: CD ROM with Adaptec 1542 under OS/2

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From: Timothy F. Sipples
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 03:55

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In article <1992Nov16.145429.6455@netcom.com> leonid@netcom.com (Leonid Crossman) writes:
>Could someone tell me what do I need to make CD ROM with Adaptec 1542 work
>under OS/2 2.0? It looks like I have right config.sys but OS/2 doesn't
>see anything on the d: (CD ROM) drive. The same drive/controller works fine
>under Windows NT. When I prepare 2 installation floppies for the CD/ROM
>under Windows NT and start OS/2 installation, it loads the first part of OS/2
>from CD ROM and after rebooting (before configuration part) the system
>doesn't see the CD ROM any more ig I use SCSI ID 2 or 3 or it doesn't
>find any files on drive d: if I use SCSI ID 0.
>Could it be lack of support for the drive itself? ( I am using the drive
>from SUN)?

Try the CDROM_G driver, available via anonymous ftp from
software.watson.ibm.com and ftp-os2.nmsu.edu.

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