/M: n

 

Indicates

the

maximum

number of

file

sectors

to

be

read

at

a

time. The

 

 

 

 

 

default

 

is

eight

sectors.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/K

 

 

Uses Kanji supplementary volume descriptor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/Q

 

 

Suppresses

messages

during

initialization.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IDE

adapter

 

device

driver

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The following

 

IDE

device

 

driver

is

available:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BASEDEV=IBM1S5 6.ADD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This

device

 

driver

(available

for

ISA

computers)

controls

IDE

hard

disk

drives

and

 

 

IDE

CD-ROM

 

drives.

From

 

the

OS/2

command

prompt,

 

type

 

 

help IBM1S5 6

to see

the

optional

 

parameters

that

are

available

for

ISA

 

computers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Special

parameters

are

required

if

your

computer

has

 

an

IDE

controller

that

does

not

 

 

use

a

standard

interrupt. Check

the

/A

and

/IRQ

parameters

in

the OS/2

help

utility.

For

IBM

Micro

 

Channel

computers,

an

IDE

device

driver

is

available

on

the

IBM

 

 

 

Web

site. Use the Web site

search

feature,

and

look forIBM2IDE.ADD.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Changing

 

the

 

Windows

 

98

and

Windows

95

 

device

drivers

 

 

 

 

 

 

Windows

98

 

and

 

Windows

 

95

have

two

device

driver

configuration

parameters:

Auto

 

 

Insert

Notify

 

and

DMA.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The

Auto

Insert

Notify

 

parameter

enables

the

system

to

start audio

CD

software

as

soon

as

a

 

CD

 

is

inserted

into

the

CD-ROM

drive.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The

DMA

parameter

improves

system

performance by

having

the

system

DMA

 

 

 

 

controller

take

 

responsibility

for moving

data

from

 

the

CD

to

memory,

freeing

the

 

 

system

CPU

 

to

perform

 

more

important

tasks. For

example,

activating

DMA

might

 

 

make

movies and games run more

smoothly

because

the

CPU

will

have

more

time

to

 

 

concentrate

on

video.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To

change

these

 

parameter

settings

from

the

Windows

95

or

Windows

98

desktop:

 

 

1.

Click

Start

-->Settings

-->Control

Panel

 

 

.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.

Double-click

System .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.

Click

 

the

Device

Manager

 

 

tab;

double-click

 

CD-ROM

 

;

select

the CD-ROM

 

 

 

driver

listed;

then

click

theProperties

button.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.

Click

 

the

Settings

 

tab.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.

Under

 

Options,

click

the

box

next

to

eitherAuto

Insert

 

Notification

orDMA

.

 

6.

Click OK .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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