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Date:	Tue, 15 Jun 2004 12:27:11 PDT7
From:	"J. R. Fox" <jr_fox@pacbell.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: OS2CDROM + RSJ a No-Go

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Harry Motin wrote:

> Attached please find a zip file, containing three (3) files as follows:
>
> CD_NO.CFG
>
> CD_NO.CFG_TRY_THIS_FIRST
>
> CD_NO.CFG_TRY_THIS_SECOND
>
> The first one is your CONFIG.SYS that attempts to run RSJ (and does) but bounces out
> OS2CDROM.DMD. I think I found some inconsistencies in it, and that may be the
> problem. Please note the following:
>
> 1. You really did not REM out "BASEDEV=DANIATAP.FLT". It's on line
> 84 of CD_NO.CFG

Hi Harry,

You are correct, but it turns out not to matter. I've tried it both ways.

> 2. You REM'ed "BASEDEV=DANIATAP.FLT" on line 210, however????

No, check again -- that's a comment, only.

> 3. I believe that your RSJ configuration is inconsistent, because you have
> "BASEDEV=RSJIDECD.FLT" REM'ed on line 212, but on line 213
> "BASEDEV=LOCKCDR.FLT" is not REM'ed

Again, probably doesn't matter. I've believe I must have tried every combination & permutation
by now.

> 4 Check the spelling of your "DANIATAP.FLT" file on you system. Some
> people spell it in 8.3 format by not having the "I" just before the "dot". Some people, like
> me, keep the spelling just as Daniela wrote it. Check to make sure the spelling of the file
> on your system is identical to what you have in your CD_NO.CFG file.

I noticed that when I updated the version of DaniATAP.FLT. To avoid having to revise a whole
bunch of Config files, I just shortened the name of the (later version) file, to match the way
it had always been on my system.

> 5. Daniela warns about using another *.FLT driver along with hers. And
> that's what you have done by using both DANIATAP.FLT and LOCKCDR.FLT. Is there
> some reason why you are still using the LOCKCDR.FLT driver along with Daniela's
> *.FLT driver? I use only the DANIATAP.FLT driver and I REM out the RSJIDECD.FLT
> and LOCKCDR.FLT drivers.

I'll try, and very likely have tried, any set of these files, in order to find a combination
that works. None do, so far.

> Try the file, CD_NO.CFG_TRY_THIS_FIRST, as your CONFIG.SYS. It should give you
> RSJ without Daniela's back door. It should not bounce OS2CDROM.DMD (of course,
> keep a copy of your existing CONFIG.SYS so that you can restore, if anything goes
> wrong). If that works, then try CD_NO.CFG_TRY_THIS_SECOND. That should give you
> RSJ, no OS2CDROM.DMD bounce and Daniela's back door.

Both of these versions yielded a functional OS2CDROM. Neither of them yielded a functional
RSJ. I can read a cd, but when I try to attach it for RSJ purposes (which involves their WORM
drive sleight-of-hand), I get the error "The System is Unable to Find the Specified Device" --
or words to that effect.

> NOTE: You need to place the file, ASPIROUT.SYS, into P:\CDWFS\ in order for this last
> CONFIG.SYS setup
> (Daniela's back door) to work. You can find ASPIROUT.SYS at Hobbes.

I put Aspirout (Ratcliffe's 1.6 beta) in for your 2nd. Config. Same results as above. I am
starting to believe a couple of those posters from the newsgroup thread I sent you: maybe (due
to driver or RSJ deficiencies, as yet uncorrected) we can have either OS2CDROM **or** UDF
working, but *Not* both. UDF, as I understand it, is vital for DVD support, and necessary for
re-writeable CDs.

If you have any further ideas, I'd be glad to hear them.

Thanks.

Jordan

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