Cannot Detect IDE CD ROM Drive In OS/2 When Connected To Secondary IDE port.

Cannot Detect IDE CD ROM Drive In OS/2 When Connected To Secondary IDE port.

Problems:

You may encounter problem of not having your IDE CD ROM drive recognized by OS/2 when it is connected to your motherboard on-board Secondary port.

Cause:

This problem is due to newer model of IDE CD ROM drives may not be supported by the older version of the ATAPI CD ROM drivers provided in OS/2 package. (IBM1S506.ADD, IBMEDECD.FLT etc..)

Solution

You would have to obtain the latest ATAPI CD ROM driver from IBM and install the driver into your OS/2.