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Intelligraphics Sanyo CDR-H94A OS/2 Driver 03/02/95
Release 1.02
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This diskette contains the BETA release version of the Sanyo CDR-H94A driver
for OS/2 2.11, OS/2 for Windows, and OS/2 Warp v3. The included driver is
a beta release, and includes some known limitations. Please see the errata
at the end of this readme file.
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR SANYO CDR-H94A DEVICE SUPPORT INSTALLATION
These instructions describe the procedure required to add support for your
Sanyo CDR-H94A CD-ROM drive to a machine which already has OS/2 installed on
it. For instructions regarding the installation of OS/2 itself from the
drive, see the section titled "INSTRUCTIONS FOR OS/2 INSTALLATION."
NOTE: If you already have OS/2 CD-ROM support installed on your machine for
another model of drive, you may proceed directly to Step 5.
1. Open OS/2 SYSTEM.
2. Open SYSTEM SETUP.
3. Open SELECTIVE INSTALL.
4. Select CD-ROM Device Support, and choose "Other" for the model of
CD-ROM device. Follow the prompts of the Selective Install program
and use the Help feature if necessary.
5. From the SYSTEM SETUP folder, open DEVICE DRIVER INSTALL.
6. Fill in the drive letters and path information for your OS/2 system
and the location of this device driver install package. Note that
this package may be run from a diskette or from a subdirectory on
your hard disk. Click on the Install button.
7. Double click on the selection which ends in "Default Configuration."
Follow the prompts of the Device Driver Install program, and use the
Help feature if necessary.
8. Sanyo CDR-H94A OS/2 Device Support Installation is complete.
Shutdown your system using the desktop ShutDown utility, reboot your
system, and your CD-ROM drive will be present and functional.
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR OS/2 INSTALLATION
These instructions describe the procedure required to install the OS/2
operating system from the CD version on your Sanyo CDR-H94A. For
instructions regarding the installation Sanyo CDR-H94A device support on a
machine which already has OS/2 installed on it, see the section titled
"INSTRUCTIONS FOR SANYO CDR-H94A DEVICE SUPPORT INSTALLATION."
The CD version of OS/2 comes with two floppy diskettes which are used to
boot the target machine. After booting, the install proceeds from the
CD-ROM drive to the hard disk. The second diskette, titled Diskette #1,
contains a config.sys file which attempts to install all OS/2 CD-ROM device
drivers. At this time, your Sanyo driver is not included on the diskettes
which IBM ships. You must make a backup copy of diskette 1 and modify it
before you can install OS/2 from your Sanyo CDR-H94A. The procedure to do
this is as follows:
1. Boot from either your existing DOS operating system, or from the
OS/2 diskettes (selecting the command prompt option when prompted).
2. Make a copy of diskette #1 by entering the following command:
DISKCOPY A: A:
3. Copy the file named SANYO001.ADD from this diskette to your newly
created Diskette #1:
COPY A:SANYO001.ADD A:
4. Edit the config.sys file contained on the new diskette #1. If you
are unsure of how to do this, see the editor instructions in the
section of this file titled "ADVANCED CONFIGURATION."
5. Add the following line to the config.sys file after all the other
BASEDEV=XXXXXXXX.ADD statements:
BASEDEV=SANYO001.ADD
6. Reboot from the OS/2 Installation diskette and the installation of
OS/2 from your Sanyo-CDR-H94A will proceed as per normal.
A more detailed description of this procedure can be found in the hardcopy
version of your OS/2 Installation Guide.
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ADVANCED CONFIGURATION
Advanced Configuration is accomplished by editing your config.sys file to
pass command line parameters to the Sanyo CDR-H94A device driver. Most of
these parameters are entirely optional, although some users may be required
to make an advanced configuration. The filename of the driver is
SANYO001.ADD, and the line in config.sys which loads this driver reads,
"BASEDEV=SANYO001.ADD." Parameters are added to the end of this line, and
any number of them may be present.
The following parameters are recognized by the driver:
/V -This option causes the driver to use verbose mode, where a
detailed message is output to the display during system
boot. This option is turned on by default during the
installation of the driver.
/Q -This option causes the driver to use quiet mode, where no
indication is given when the driver cannot find a CD-ROM
drive. This option is valuable in mobile situations where a
drive is only present in a desktop docking station.
/T -This option causes the driver to enable trace mode, where
trace information is output to the OS/2 System Trace
Facility. This option is only used to debug driver and/or
operating system problems. Since the amount of trace
information is voluminous, enabling this option can slow the
driver down. This option is best left disabled.
/P:xxx -This option forces the driver to believe that the Panasonic
CD-ROM interface base IO port is at the specified address.
This option is necessary if your CD-ROM interface board is
not configured at one of the usual base addresses. By
default, the driver will scan addresses 300h, 320h, 330h,
340h, and 360h. This option is necessary if, during
installation, you are forced to choose the "Advanced
Configuration" option.
The following is an example line which enables the driver in verbose mode at
address 450h:
BASEDEV=SANYO001.ADD /V /P:450
These changes can be made with any ASCII text file editor. If you do not
already have an editor with which you are familiar, you may use the OS/2
System Editor. Use the following procedure:
1. Select OS/2 SYSTEM.
2. Open PRODUCTIVITY.
3. Open OS/2 SYSTEM EDITOR.
4. Select File, Open, enter c:\config.sys
5. Scroll to the line where SANYO001.ADD is installed and
modify it appropriately.
6. IMPORTANT! - Save the file (File, Save).
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COMMON PROBLEMS
"Drive not found" message
If this message appears during system boot, then either the driver
cannot find the Panasonic CD-ROM Interface, or your Sanyo CD-ROM
drive is not physically connected properly to that interface.
First, attempt to verify that the physical connection is correct,
perhaps by verifying operation under another operating system such
as DOS.
If you are certain that the drive is connected properly, the next
thing to do is to verify that the I/O port base address for the
Panasonic CD-ROM interface is communicated to the driver. Note that
the driver will automatically scan for the interface at I/O
addresses 300h, 320h, 330h, 340h, and 360h. Consult the
documentation that came with your CD-ROM interface to determine its
base address. See the section of this readme titled "ADVANCED
CONFIGURATION" and pass that address to the driver and you will be
up and running.
If the driver still cannot find the interface, then there is one
more option, albeit unpleasant. If the driver had originally
functioned OK, but couldn't find the drive the next time you turned
the power on, that is a sure sign that your CD-ROM interface falls
into this category. Some CD-ROM interfaces are packaged on sound
boards where the Panasonic interface is not enabled at power up.
These installations are distinguished by DOS config.sys files which
first load a DOS device driver to enable the interface, and then
load the actual Sanyo CD-ROM driver. You may boot from a DOS
floppy that executes this first device driver, then do a warm boot
via Ctl-Alt-Del to start OS/2 from the hard disk. The OS/2 driver
will continue to see the interface until you power down. If your
machine falls into this category, contact the maker of your CD-ROM
interface board to have support for it added to this OS/2 driver.
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ERRATA
1. Release 1.01 adds CD-DA support, 1/12/95.
2. Release 1.02 corrects a defect where Mode 2 discs such as PhotoCD's
were not read correctly, 3/2/95.