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FAQ Pointer: New OS/2 Removable Media drivers and update to RemMedia FAQ
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Leon Grossman)
Wed Nov 20 06:27:27 1996
To: os2ann.DISCUSS@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU
Date: 9 Nov 1996 20:30:06 GMT
From: lgrossm@ceatlabs.okstate.edu (Leon Grossman)
Reply-To: lgrossm@ceatlabs.okstate.edu (Leon Grossman)
Reply-to: lgrossm@ceatlabs.okstate.edu (Leon Grossman)
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We have revised the FAQ to include the new drivers released by IBM today. The
following text contains information on where to obtain the FAQ and the new
drivers.
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The Removable Media FAQ for OS/2
By: Leon Grossman (lgrossm@ceatlabs.okstate.edu)
I'm keeping the byline because my goal in life is to be a megalomaniac :-)
but, in actuality, I am now responsible for writing about half of this FAQ.
I have listed everyone's name with their section of the FAQ. I will remain
the maintainer of this FAQ until I defend my thesis sometime next spring
(anybody need a good chemical engineer ;-)). Hopefully we'll have it pretty
much complete by then (as complete as anything can be in the ever changing
computer world).
Fourth Revision: November 6, 1996
Third revision: October 25, 1996
Second revision: October 19, 1996
First revision: October 11, 1996
Initial release: October 9, 1996
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IMPORTANT NOTE: IBM has released a new OS2DASD.DMD and IBM1S506.ADD
drivers with enhanced removability support. The IBM1S506 driver will now
provide better support for removable media. The OS2DASD.DMD will allow
SCSI and IDE removable media drive users (of all sorts) to gain HPFS
removability, speed, and just overall native support for HPFS without
requiring special drivers. These drivers will be folded into the base
OS at some later date but you can get them now.
Note for PP Zip drive users: You are the only ones left out here (Syquest
has an .ADD driver for their PP drives) but if you can talk Iomega into
creating an .ADD driver for your PP drive the new OS2DASD.DMD will support
the PP ZIP drive too! I have emailed Iomega on this several times, only to
be completely ignored. I emailed them upon learning about the new drivers
by IBM and they have ignored me. Let's start an email campaign and make
them listen.
Read in sections 2 and 3 for more information.
These new drivers are available from the OS/2 Device Driver Pak On-Line:
http://service.software.ibm.com/os2ddpak/html/miscellb/os_2warp/index.htm
and in USA:
ftp://ladybug.cheng.okstate.edu/newdasd.exe
in Europe:
ftp://rheooptik.fmf.uni-freiburg.de/pub/os2/drivers/removables/newdasd.exe
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There have been a lot of questions about removable media and OS/2 lately,
especially concerning the Zip and EZ drives Unfortunately, IBM elected not to
provide removable drive support in OS/2 Warp v4. This means that you have to
find your own drivers for your drive and HPFS was not modified to accommodate
removable media. This FAQ is an attempt to answer some of those questions.
Note: some of this information was gleaned from the USENET over a period of
months and some of it ( some of the Zip drive info ) is from my personal
experience. I welcome comments, suggestions, techniques, useful hints,
corrections, etc. Please send any comments to lgrossm@ceatlabs.okstate.edu
The latest version of this FAQ and associated utilities can be obtained by:
email: to lgrossm@ceatlabs.okstate.edu with "Send me the Zip-FAQ" in the
subject line (without the quotes).
ftp: by ftp://ladybug.cheng.okstate.edu and logging in as anonymous
in Europe: ftp://rheooptik.fmf.uni-freiburg.de/pub/os2/drivers/removables
www: http://www.txdirect.net/users/teej/remmedia.htm (Thanks Teej)
Leon Grossman Team OS/2 lgrossm@ceatlabs.okstate.edu
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Get the Removable Media FAQ for OS/2 by sending email to me
with the subject line "Send me the Zip-Faq" without the quotes.
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