CONFIG.SYS - BASEDEV Statements

The Base Device Drivers are needed by OS/2 to install elementary services, like your hard disk, keyboard, etc. The Base Device Drivers are the first entries from the config.sys file that are loaded during the boot. They are not loaded in the same order as they appear in the config.sys file. They are loaded dependant on their file extension.

Here is the order of loading for the file extensions. If the CONFIG.SYS contains several files with the same extension, those files will be loaded in the order they appear in the CONFIG.SYS file.
 * 1) *.SYS
 * 2) *.BID
 * 3) *.VSD
 * 4) *.TSD
 * 5) *.ADD - Adapter Device Driver
 * 6) *.I13
 * 7) *.FLT - Filter
 * 8) *.DMD - Device Manager

The Base Device drivers must be located in the root directory in the \OS2 directory or in the \OS2\BOOT directory. If you set up a Base Device driver in your CONFIG.SYS please use only the name of the driver without the path. The following pages describe these entries:

Resource Management

 * ACPICA.ADD - ACPI
 * APM.SYS - Advanced Power Management
 * AODBSMD.SYS - Thinkpad Resource Management Driver
 * CDISK.ADD - Commuter Hard Disk Driver.
 * CMPXCHG8.SYS
 * HD4DISK.ADD
 * K6.SYS - Write combining
 * PNPBIODD.SYS
 * PMVDMCC.SYS - Memory mapping for DOS VDMs

Debugging

 * BOOTDLY.SYS - Boot delay
 * KTRACE.SYS - Goldencode Kernel Trace

Floppy

 * IBM1FLPY.ADD - non-ABIOS floppy
 * IBM2FLPY.ADD - ABIOS floppy
 * MEMDISK.ADD

Keyboard

 * IBMKBD.SYS - IBM keyboard

Mouse

 * PCLOGIC.SYS - Logitech mouse
 * TRACKOS2.SYS - NP6500 Notebook Trackball

Multimedia

 * CWCMMPM.SYS - Crystal PCI OS/2 interface
 * CWCONFIG.SYS
 * CWCSPUD.SYS - Crystal DSP manager
 * CWGMSG.SYS - Crystal PCI message
 * STARTUP.SYS - VIA 8233

PC Card

 * ARCDRIVE.ADD - Arcdrive PCMCIA HD
 * AUTODRV2.SYS - Auto-Configurator
 * CBENABLE.SYS - CardBus enabler
 * CSSCSI.SYS - IBM PCMCIA SCSI card support
 * ICRMU01.SYS - PCMCIA resource management
 * ICRMU02.SYS - PCMCIA resource management for Micro Channel
 * OEMHLP2.SYS - PCI search
 * PCCOFF.SYS - PC Card/CardBus Power
 * PCM2ATA.ADD - PC Card ATA

Socket Services

 * CL6832SS.SYS - Toshiba Tecra 510CDT
 * IBM2AMB1.SYS - Ambra
 * IBM2AST1.SYS - AST
 * IBM2CAD1.SYS - CompuAdd
 * IBM2CMQ1.SYS - Compaq
 * IBM2NEC1.SYS - NEC
 * IBM2NCR.SYS - NCR
 * IBM2NCR1.SYS - NCR
 * IBM2NEC.SYS - NEC
 * IBM2SS01.SYS - IBM Thinkpad 750 (ISA bus)
 * IBM2SS02.SYS - IBM Thinkpad 720(Micro Channel bus)
 * IBM2SS04.SYS - IBM Thinkpad 560
 * IBM2SS14.SYS - IBM Thinkpad
 * IBM2TOS.SYS - Toshiba
 * IBM2TOS1.SYS - Toshiba
 * IBM2ZEN.SYS - Zenith
 * IBM2ZOS.SYS - ZEOS
 * IBM2ZOS1.SYS - ZEOS
 * IBMDSS01.SYS - IBM Thinkpad
 * IBMDSS02.SYS - IBM Thinkpad 720
 * SS2INTEL.SYS - Intel i82365
 * SS2TICB.SYS - TI CardBus
 * SSDPCIC1.SYS - Intel PCIC
 * SSDTCIC1.SYS - DataBook TCIC
 * SSPCIC.SYS - APSoft Socket Services for OS/2
 * SSVLSI.SYS - VLSI (AST Bravo, PowerExec, Ascentia 900, Ascentia 900N)
 * TI11225CB.SYS - Dell Latitude CpiA
 * TI1130CB.SYS - Dell Latitude Cpi
 * TPIC95SS.SYS - Chembook 2600

Memory Card

 * ICMEMCDD.SYS
 * ICMEMMTD.SYS

AHCI

 * OS2AHCI.ADD

ATA, IDE

 * ADIO210.ADD - ADI
 * ALI.ADD - ALi Aladin
 * ATP8400A.ADD
 * CMD640X.ADD
 * EIDE2300.ADD
 * IBM1S506.ADD
 * OS2_32.ADD - Buslogic IDE Caching
 * QDI1S506.ADD - QD6580 VL BUS IDE
 * TRIOS2.ADD - Triones Bus Master EIDE/ATAPI
 * UMC1S506.ADD - UMC UM8886BF PCI
 * VIAIDE.ADD - VIA Bus master

I2O

 * I2OSOSM.ADD - I2O Storage OSM filter
 * I2OXPORT.SYS - I2O Transport Device Driver

SCSI

 * ACARD
 * ATP6820.ADD - AEC-6820 SCSI RAID
 * OS2671X.ADD - AEC-671X Ultra SCSI
 * Adaptec
 * AHA152X.ADD - AIC-63x0
 * AHA154X.ADD - AHA-1540/1542
 * AHA164X.ADD - AHA-164x MC
 * AHA174X.ADD - AHA-1740/1744 EISA
 * AHA2920.ADD - AHA-2920 PCI
 * AIC7770.ADD - AIC-7770 VLB & EISA
 * AIC7870.ADD - AIC-7870
 * AIC78U2.ADD -
 * AICU160.ADD - AIC-7899 U160
 * AICU320.ADD - AIC-790x U320
 * AdvanSys
 * ASC.ADD
 * Always Technology
 * AL1IN2.ADD, IN2000.ADD - IN-2000
 * AL7000.ADD - AL-7000
 * American Megatrends, Inc. (AMI)
 * AMI0OS2.ADD - AMI Series 15/44/441/48/70
 * BusLogic
 * BTSCSI.ADD
 * Dawicontrol
 * DC93M1.ADD - DC-93 MACH1
 * DC93M2.ADD - DC-93 MACH2
 * DC2964.ADD - DC-2964F
 * DC2974.ADD - DC-2974 PCI
 * DC2975.ADD - DC-2975U
 * DC2976.ADD - DC-2976UW
 * DC2980.ADD - DC-2980 U2W
 * DC29160.ADD - DC-29160 U3W
 * DPT
 * DPT20XX.ADD
 * DTC
 * DTC3280.ADD
 * IBM
 * IBMPSCSI.ADD - SCSI-2 Fast PCI Adapter
 * LSI Logic
 * SYM416.ADD - Symbios Logic 53C416 ISA
 * SYM8XX.ADD
 * SYM_HI.ADD - Symbios Logic U2W SCSI
 * LSIMPT.ADD - Fusion-MPT
 * NCR
 * OS2CAM.ADD
 * NewMedia
 * BSCOS2.ADD - Basics SCSI II PCMCIA
 * BTOS2.ADD - Bus Toaster
 * Panasonic
 * SCSI37.ADD
 * QLogic
 * Ql10OS2.ADD - ISP1020
 * QL40OS2.ADD
 * QL510.ADD
 * Seagate
 * ST01.ADD
 * SyQuest
 * SYQLOCK.FLT - SyQuest SCSI drive.
 * Tekram
 * TMCSIM.ADD - Fast SCSI
 * TMSCSIW.ADD - Wide SCSI
 * TRM3X5.ADD - PCI SCSI
 * Trantor
 * T128SCSI.ADD - Trantor Systems T128
 * TMV1SCSI.ADD - MediaVision PAS16 integrated SCSI
 * UltraStor
 * ULTRA14.ADD‎
 * ULTRA24.ADD‎

RAID

 * DAC960.ADD - Mylex
 * PCI2220I.ADD - Perceptive Solutions PCI-2220i

CD-ROM Interfaces

 * BPCDOS2.ADD - Backpack CD-ROM
 * CDBLAZER.ADD
 * CDSETUP.ADD
 * CRCCD2.ADD - Creative/Panasonic
 * DOLAT001.ADD - Dolphin 8000AT
 * EPATCD.ADD
 * GSCDROM.ADD - GoldStar GCD-R420
 * IDECD.ADD
 * IDEDRVR1.ADD
 * ISACDOS2.ADD - IBM CD-ROM ISA
 * KME4OS2.SYS - Panasonic KXL-D740
 * LMS205.ADD - Philips
 * LMS206.ADD - Philips LMS205MS, LMS225MS, LMS206, LMS226
 * MITFX001.ADD - Mitsumi LU0002, LU00005, FX001
 * MKECR56X.ADD - Panasonic 2x
 * ONSCSI10.ADD - SimpleSCSI CD-ROM Parallel Port
 * POWER-CD.ADD - Freecom Parallel
 * SONYB31A.ADD - Sony CDU-31A Adapter Device Driver

CAD Manager

 * CADH.SYS - Ctrl+Alt+Del manager

CDS BackAgain

 * Back Again 2000
 * CDSEIDE.FLT - ATAPI/IDE Tape Filter Driver
 * CDSTAP2.DMD - Tape Device Manager


 * Back Again/2
 * CDSTAPE.DMD - Tape Device Manager

DBGHLP

 * DBGHLP.SYS

Kaspersky Antivirus

 * SEC32.SYS

Norman

 * NVCHOOK.SYS - Norman Virus Control

Security/2

 * SSES.SYS

Parallel Port Devices

 * PRINT01.SYS - Parallel printer port
 * PRINT02.SYS - Parallel printer port for ABIOS

ISDNPM

 * SHOWIDT.SYS - Interrupt Monitor
 * SHOWIRQ.SYS - Interrupt Monitor

SCSI

 * DC1368.ADD - Dawicontrol DC-1368
 * EPSA2.ADD - Shuttle EPSA-2
 * EPST.ADD - Shuttle EPST
 * PPAOS2.ADD - Iomega Zip

IDE

 * EPIACD.ADD - Shuttle-EPIA parallel port to IDE adapter
 * ONHDFLPY.ADD - LS120 Parallel Port

USB

 * USBCDROM.ADD
 * USBEHCD.SYS - EHCI compatible USB 2.0 controller
 * USBOHCD.SYS - OHCI compatible USB controller
 * USBUHCD.SYS - UHCI compatible USB controller

CWUSB

 * CWUSBD.SYS
 * CWUSBMSD.ADD
 * CWUSBOHC.SYS
 * CWUSBUHC.SYS

DSP

 * VHDO0437.SYS - DSP Driver for MWave

Filters

 * ARCIDECD.FLT - Arcdrive PCMCIA
 * ATAPIMO.FLT
 * BTSEIDE.FLT - Back Again/2 IDE
 * CD_BOOT.FLT - CD boot filter
 * CDBOOT.FLT
 * CHINCDS1.FLT - Chinon SCSI CD-ROM
 * CMDATAPI.FLT
 * CTCDRFLT.FLT - Cirrus Unite CD Maker
 * DANIADSK.FLT - IDE Filter
 * DANIATAPI.FLT - IDE Filter
 * DSKSLEEP.FLT - SCSI disk sleep
 * EXT2FLT.FLT - ext2 partition
 * FAUXDASD.FLT - DASD
 * FAUXREM.FLT - removables
 * HFS.FLT - Mac HFS media
 * IBMRSCSI.FLT - Removable SCSI
 * IOMGDRV.FLT
 * LOCKCDR.FLT
 * LS120DRV.FLT - LS120
 * NFDASD.FLT - Netfinity DASD
 * PIIXIDE.FLT - Intel IDE Filter
 * RSJIDECD.FLT - RSJ CD Writer IDE Filter
 * SCSIOPT.FLT - Modifies performance related settings of SCSI devices
 * UP2TB.FLT
 * VIACD.FLT - VIA IDE CD
 * VRAID.FLT - Software RAID Filter
 * XDFLOPPY.FLT - eXtended disk format

Device Manager

 * AMD_K86.DMD - AMD K6-II
 * CDROMMGR.DMD
 * MODISK.DMD - Fujitsu MO
 * OS2ASPI.DMD - ASPI device manager