**************************************************************************** **************************************************************************** * * * OS/2 WARP IDE Drivers (V 4.53) with support for ATA/66 UDMA * * * * Installation and Usage Information * * * **************************************************************************** **************************************************************************** **************************************************************************** * INTRODUCTION * **************************************************************************** This driver is supplied with your IBM system for use on WARP V3.x and WARP V4.x systems. It replaces the standard IDE drivers on your system and has the same driver names. You should back up your current versions should you encounter a problem that requires you to return to that previous version. THESE DRIVERS ARE NOT SUPPORTED ON VERSIONS PRIOR TO WARP 3.0. This driver includes support for the Intel 82801 chipset, and ATA-66 Ultra DMA. **************************************************************************** * Installation * **************************************************************************** The Installation of these drivers require you to copy them to the OS/2 boot partition of your hard drive. You should be careful to retain a backup copy of your current version of these drivers. The drivers can be installed in two locations. This procedure requires that you already have IDE support installed on OS/2. Method 1: (1) Locate the current OS/2 boot patition on your hard drive. This is usually the C: drive and will contain the OS2 sub-directory. (2) Copy the driver files into the root directory of your hard drive. There are two drivers involved, IBM1S506.ADD and IBMIDECD.FLT. Their function is: IBM1S506.ADD : base driver for IDE/EIDE/ATAPI devices (should always be copied) IBMIDECD.FLT : CD-ROM driver support. (If using this driver, then the IDE driver above, IBM1S506.ADD is required.). The drivers if found in the root directory are discovered and loaded prior to discovery in the \OS2\BOOT sub-directory. (3) There should already be entries in the config.sys file, and you should reboot your system to load the new drivers. Method 2: (1) Locate the current drivers on your OS/2 hard drive. You can use the following command : dir \ibm1s506.add /s The command will show you the sub-directory on your hard drive where the driver may be updated. (Remember to make a backup copy of your old driver.) (2) Copy the driver files onto your hard drive in the sub-directory where the previous version was found. There are two drivers involved. There function is : IBM1S506.ADD : base driver for IDE/EIDE/ATAPI devices (should always be copied) IBMIDECD.FLT : CD-ROM driver support. (If using this driver, then the IDE driver above, IBM1S506.ADD is required.). (3) The entries should already be in config.sys, and you should reboot your system to load the new drivers. **************************************************************************** * UnInstallation * **************************************************************************** To uninstall these drivers, you should copy the previously saved copies of these files, IBM1S506.ADD and IBMIDECD.FLT to the directory where you had copied the new files. **************************************************************************** * Usage * **************************************************************************** These drivers replace standard drivers of your earlier version of WARP. The CDROM driver, IBMIDECD.FLT does not need to be installed unless your system contains a CDROM drive. These drivers provide ATA-66 Ultra DMA support. This support includes the support of the Intel 82801 chipset and the ATA-66 Ultra DMA drives as well. You will need to check the drivers after installation of any service packs, fixpaks and\or CDROM support diskettes. These installation programs may update drivers with prior versions of these drivers. If you use installation method 2, you should verify that older versions of these drivers are not placed in the root directory of your OS/2 drive. Drivers located in the root will be discovered and loaded at boot time rather than the versions located in the \OS2\BOOT directory.