IBM1FLPY.ADD: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 00:28, 10 July 2018

Installs support for diskette drives. Use this driver for PCs with PCI or ISA bussystems. See the Tips and Tricks section for more information. Supports diskette drives on non-Micro Channel PC's.

BASEDEV=IBM1FLPY.ADD <parameters>

TIP: If you wish to prevent users from using the floppy drives under OS/2 (to keep them from loading non-authorised programs or in a workstation situation), REM the BASEDEV=IBMxFLPY.ADD line (where x is 1 for ISA and EISA machines, or 2 for Microchannel).

NOTE: In Warp, the install program may have placed both IBM1FLPY.ADD and IBM2FLPY.ADD BASEDEV drivers in your config.sys. Remove IBM2FLPY.ADD if you don't have a Micro Channel PC.

The correct setting for e.g. a IBM Thinkpad 560 with external floppy disk is (see the Warp Reference book for a detailed description):

BASEDEV=IBM1FLPY.ADD /A:0 /FORCE:2 /U:0 /F:1.44MB /U:1 /F:1.44MB

This is a recommended setting for the Thinkpad 701 Dock II when having problems installing OS/2 Warp using external floppy drive:

BASEDEV=IBM1FLPY.ADD /A:0 /U:0 /CL:AT

Here it is a different setting for the "Diskette Drive Not Accessible after Installation of OS/2 Warp":

BASEDEV=IBM1FLPY.ADD /A:0 /U:0 /CL:NONE

Using the /DAPM Parameter (which disables the Power Managment) may also help on some notebooks (e.g. Thinkpad 600) that cannot find the floppy drive.

Platform Support:
OS/2 2.x	OS/2 3.0	OS/2 4.0	OS/2 4.5x
Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes