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Manual Installation
You may also manually install the external DVD-ROM 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
Ö
Open System Setup
Ö
Open Selective Install.
