WarpTips: Panasonic 563 CD Drives

TITLE: 950203 THREE IDE 563 PANASONIC CDROM DRIVES WORKING UNDER OS/2 WARP.

 * SYMPTOMS:Multiple CD-ROMs connected to the same IDE adapter (SB16 card) are not recognized.
 * RESOLUTION:Creative Labs has a new driver on their BBS called CD_OS2.EXE.

BBS number is (405) 742-6660.

Contact Creative Labs for more information.

Note that at this point, multiple 563 Panasonic IDE CDROM drives are not supported.

TITLE: 941122 INSTALLING OS/2 WARP, INTERNAL CDROM DRIVE CONNECTED TO A SOUNDCARD DIRECTLY (NOT A SEPARATE CONTROLLER CARD).

 * DESCRIPTION OF SYMPTOMS: Not recognizing cdrom. OS2CDROM.DMD not found.
 * RESOLUTION:This is a hardware related problem. User needs to do the following:

On the back of the cdrom drive is a jumper which controls the bus device number. OS/2 install requires it to be on 0 (zero). Most sound board manufacturers leave it at the factory default of 1. If it is anything other than 0, the install disk #1 will not load the driver "OS2CDROM.DMD" and will stop installation with a red screen saying it can't find the cdrom.