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Device Drivers are needed by OS/2 to work with your installed hardware. The Device Drivers are loaded after the Base Device Drivers Unlike the Base Device Drivers, the Device Drivers are loaded in the order they appear in the config.sys file. The following pages describe these entries:
Device Drivers are needed by OS/2 to work with your installed hardware. The Device Drivers are loaded after the Base Device Drivers Unlike the Base Device Drivers, the Device Drivers are loaded in the order they appear in the config.sys file. The following pages describe these entries:
=DEVICE=ANSI.sys=
This driver installs the ANSI support for DOS windows.
  DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\ANSI.SYS [parameters]
Parameters:
* /X
Enables the redefinition of keys.
* /K
Prevents the use of extended keyboards. Extended keyboards work as
standard keyboards.
<b>Platform Support:</b>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" border="1"
|-
!OS/2 2.x
!OS/2 3.0
!OS/2 4.0
!OS/2 4.5x
!eCS 1.x
!eCs 2.x
|-
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|}
=DEVICE=Afinet.sys=
Network protocol driver. Used by TCP/IP.
  DEVICE=C:\Mptn\Potocol\Afinet.sys
<b>Platform Support:</b>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" border="1"
|-
!OS/2 2.x
!OS/2 3.0
!OS/2 4.0
!OS/2 4.5x
!eCS 1.x
!eCs 2.x
|-
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|}
=DEVICE=Afos2.sys=
Network protocol driver. Used by TCP/IP.
  DEVICE=C:\Mptn\Potocol\Afos2.sys
<b>Platform Support:</b>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" border="1"
|-
!OS/2 2.x
!OS/2 3.0
!OS/2 4.0
!OS/2 4.5x
!eCS 1.x
!eCs 2.x
|-
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|}
=DEVICE=Apm.sys=
Advanced Power Management (APM) device driver. Provides support for
your APM BIOS on your motherboard.
  DEVICE=C:\Os2\Boot\Apm.sys parameter
<b>Platform Support:</b>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" border="1"
|-
!OS/2 2.x
!OS/2 3.0
!OS/2 4.0
!OS/2 4.5x
!eCS 1.x
!eCs 2.x
|-
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|}
=DEVICE=Ati0.sys=
Used by ATI 3D Rage graficcards.
  DEVICE=C:\OS2\Ati0.sys
<b>Platform Support:</b>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" border="1"
|-
!OS/2 2.x
!OS/2 3.0
!OS/2 4.0
!OS/2 4.5x
!eCS 1.x
!eCs 2.x
|-
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|}
=DEVICE=Atim64.sys=
Used by ATI 3D Rage graficcards.
  DEVICE=C:\OS2\Atim64.sys
<b>Platform Support:</b>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" border="1"
|-
!OS/2 2.x
!OS/2 3.0
!OS/2 4.0
!OS/2 4.5x
!eCS 1.x
!eCs 2.x
|-
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|}
=DEVICE=Audiovdd.sys=
This is the standard VDD for audio device drivers that prevents DOS
sessions from accessing the audio hardware when an OS/2 session is
using it and vice versa. The driver comes with OS/2 and is used by a
lot of diferent soundcards.
  DEVICE=C:\MMOS2\audiovdd.sys
<b>Platform Support:</b>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" border="1"
|-
!OS/2 2.x
!OS/2 3.0
!OS/2 4.0
!OS/2 4.5x
!eCS 1.x
!eCs 2.x
|-
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|}
=DEVICE=Bipbmac.os2=
This is a driver for the IBM Active 2000 ISDN card.
  DEVICE=C:\IBMbip\OS2\Bipmac.os2
<b>Platform Support:</b>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" border="1"
|-
!OS/2 2.x
!OS/2 3.0
!OS/2 4.0
!OS/2 4.5x
!eCS 1.x
!eCs 2.x
|-
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|}
=DEVICE=Bippdd.os2=
This is a driver for the IBM Active 2000 ISDN card.
  DEVICE=C:\IBMbip\OS2\Bippdd.os2 parameter
<b>Platform Support:</b>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" border="1"
|-
!OS/2 2.x
!OS/2 3.0
!OS/2 4.0
!OS/2 4.5x
!eCS 1.x
!eCs 2.x
|-
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|}
=DEVICE=Cdmf.sys=
Used by the Firewall built into TCP/IP 4.1 and above.
  DEVICE=C:\Mptn\Potocol\Cdmf.sys
<b>Platform Support:</b>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" border="1"
|-
!OS/2 2.x
!OS/2 3.0
!OS/2 4.0
!OS/2 4.5x
!eCS 1.x
!eCs 2.x
|-
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|}
=DEVICE=Cfos.Sys=
CFOS is a driver that sits between your ISDN hardware and your Modem
Software ( Internet Dialer, Terminal program). It emulates a COM
port.
  DEVICE=C:\Cfos\Cfos.Sys Parameters:
<b>Platform Support:</b>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" border="1"
|-
!OS/2 2.x
!OS/2 3.0
!OS/2 4.0
!OS/2 4.5x
!eCS 1.x
!eCs 2.x
|-
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|}
=DEVICE=Com.sys=
These driver is required for serial communication.
  DEVICE=C:\OS2\Boot\Com.sys parameters
<b>Platform Support:</b>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" border="1"
|-
!OS/2 2.x
!OS/2 3.0
!OS/2 4.0
!OS/2 4.5x
!eCS 1.x
!eCs 2.x
|-
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|}
=DEVICE=Dcf2cde.sys=
This driver is used by the DCF/2 disk compression program.
  DEVICE=C:\Dcf2\Dcf2cde.sys
<b>Platform Support:</b>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" border="1"
|-
!OS/2 2.x
!OS/2 3.0
!OS/2 4.0
!OS/2 4.5x
!eCS 1.x
!eCs 2.x
|-
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|}
=DEVICE=Dcf2pdd.sys=
This driver is used by the DCF/2 disk compression program.
  DEVICE=C:\Dcf2\Dcf2pdd.sys parameter
<b>Platform Support:</b>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" border="1"
|-
!OS/2 2.x
!OS/2 3.0
!OS/2 4.0
!OS/2 4.5x
!eCS 1.x
!eCs 2.x
|-
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|}
=DEVICE=Dcf2mgr.sys=
This driver is used by the DCF/2 disk compression program.
  DEVICE=C:\Dcf2\Dcf2mgr.sys parameter
<b>Platform Support:</b>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" border="1"
|-
!OS/2 2.x
!OS/2 3.0
!OS/2 4.0
!OS/2 4.5x
!eCS 1.x
!eCs 2.x
|-
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|}
=DEVICE=Dde4extra.sys=
Is used by the IBM CSET C/C++ Compiler.
  DEVICE=C:\User\Cset21\Dde4extra.sys
<b>Platform Support:</b>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" border="1"
|-
!OS/2 2.x
!OS/2 3.0
!OS/2 4.0
!OS/2 4.5x
!eCS 1.x
!eCs 2.x
|-
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|}
=DEVICE=Dos.sys=
Is needed if you want to run DOS or Windows applications.
  DEVICE=C:\OS2\Boot\Dos.sys
<b>Platform Support:</b>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" border="1"
|-
!OS/2 2.x
!OS/2 3.0
!OS/2 4.0
!OS/2 4.5x
!eCS 1.x
!eCs 2.x
|-
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
|}

Revision as of 02:44, 21 January 2007

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Device Drivers are needed by OS/2 to work with your installed hardware. The Device Drivers are loaded after the Base Device Drivers Unlike the Base Device Drivers, the Device Drivers are loaded in the order they appear in the config.sys file. The following pages describe these entries:

DEVICE=ANSI.sys

This driver installs the ANSI support for DOS windows. 

  DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\ANSI.SYS [parameters]

Parameters:

  • /X

Enables the redefinition of keys.

  • /K

Prevents the use of extended keyboards. Extended keyboards work as

standard keyboards.

Platform Support:

OS/2 2.x OS/2 3.0 OS/2 4.0 OS/2 4.5x eCS 1.x eCs 2.x
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

DEVICE=Afinet.sys

Network protocol driver. Used by TCP/IP. 

  DEVICE=C:\Mptn\Potocol\Afinet.sys

Platform Support:

OS/2 2.x OS/2 3.0 OS/2 4.0 OS/2 4.5x eCS 1.x eCs 2.x
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

DEVICE=Afos2.sys

Network protocol driver. Used by TCP/IP. 

  DEVICE=C:\Mptn\Potocol\Afos2.sys

Platform Support:

OS/2 2.x OS/2 3.0 OS/2 4.0 OS/2 4.5x eCS 1.x eCs 2.x
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

DEVICE=Apm.sys

Advanced Power Management (APM) device driver. Provides support for

your APM BIOS on your motherboard. 

  DEVICE=C:\Os2\Boot\Apm.sys parameter

Platform Support:

OS/2 2.x OS/2 3.0 OS/2 4.0 OS/2 4.5x eCS 1.x eCs 2.x
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

DEVICE=Ati0.sys

Used by ATI 3D Rage graficcards. 

  DEVICE=C:\OS2\Ati0.sys

Platform Support:

OS/2 2.x OS/2 3.0 OS/2 4.0 OS/2 4.5x eCS 1.x eCs 2.x
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

DEVICE=Atim64.sys

Used by ATI 3D Rage graficcards. 

  DEVICE=C:\OS2\Atim64.sys

Platform Support:

OS/2 2.x OS/2 3.0 OS/2 4.0 OS/2 4.5x eCS 1.x eCs 2.x
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

DEVICE=Audiovdd.sys

This is the standard VDD for audio device drivers that prevents DOS

sessions from accessing the audio hardware when an OS/2 session is

using it and vice versa. The driver comes with OS/2 and is used by a

lot of diferent soundcards. 

  DEVICE=C:\MMOS2\audiovdd.sys

Platform Support:

OS/2 2.x OS/2 3.0 OS/2 4.0 OS/2 4.5x eCS 1.x eCs 2.x
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

DEVICE=Bipbmac.os2

This is a driver for the IBM Active 2000 ISDN card. 

  DEVICE=C:\IBMbip\OS2\Bipmac.os2

Platform Support:

OS/2 2.x OS/2 3.0 OS/2 4.0 OS/2 4.5x eCS 1.x eCs 2.x
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

DEVICE=Bippdd.os2

This is a driver for the IBM Active 2000 ISDN card. 

  DEVICE=C:\IBMbip\OS2\Bippdd.os2 parameter

Platform Support:

OS/2 2.x OS/2 3.0 OS/2 4.0 OS/2 4.5x eCS 1.x eCs 2.x
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

DEVICE=Cdmf.sys

Used by the Firewall built into TCP/IP 4.1 and above. 

  DEVICE=C:\Mptn\Potocol\Cdmf.sys

Platform Support:

OS/2 2.x OS/2 3.0 OS/2 4.0 OS/2 4.5x eCS 1.x eCs 2.x
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

DEVICE=Cfos.Sys

CFOS is a driver that sits between your ISDN hardware and your Modem

Software ( Internet Dialer, Terminal program). It emulates a COM

port. 

  DEVICE=C:\Cfos\Cfos.Sys Parameters:

Platform Support:

OS/2 2.x OS/2 3.0 OS/2 4.0 OS/2 4.5x eCS 1.x eCs 2.x
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

DEVICE=Com.sys

These driver is required for serial communication. 

  DEVICE=C:\OS2\Boot\Com.sys parameters

Platform Support:

OS/2 2.x OS/2 3.0 OS/2 4.0 OS/2 4.5x eCS 1.x eCs 2.x
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

DEVICE=Dcf2cde.sys

This driver is used by the DCF/2 disk compression program. 

  DEVICE=C:\Dcf2\Dcf2cde.sys

Platform Support:

OS/2 2.x OS/2 3.0 OS/2 4.0 OS/2 4.5x eCS 1.x eCs 2.x
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

DEVICE=Dcf2pdd.sys

This driver is used by the DCF/2 disk compression program. 

  DEVICE=C:\Dcf2\Dcf2pdd.sys parameter

Platform Support:

OS/2 2.x OS/2 3.0 OS/2 4.0 OS/2 4.5x eCS 1.x eCs 2.x
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

DEVICE=Dcf2mgr.sys

This driver is used by the DCF/2 disk compression program. 

  DEVICE=C:\Dcf2\Dcf2mgr.sys parameter

Platform Support:

OS/2 2.x OS/2 3.0 OS/2 4.0 OS/2 4.5x eCS 1.x eCs 2.x
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

DEVICE=Dde4extra.sys

Is used by the IBM CSET C/C++ Compiler. 

  DEVICE=C:\User\Cset21\Dde4extra.sys

Platform Support:

OS/2 2.x OS/2 3.0 OS/2 4.0 OS/2 4.5x eCS 1.x eCs 2.x
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

DEVICE=Dos.sys

Is needed if you want to run DOS or Windows applications. 

  DEVICE=C:\OS2\Boot\Dos.sys

Platform Support:

OS/2 2.x OS/2 3.0 OS/2 4.0 OS/2 4.5x eCS 1.x eCs 2.x
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
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