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How to create a [complete] OS/2 system bootable off a CD-ROM

By Alfredo Fernández Díaz ©July 2000 Team OS/2 España : http://www.caballe.com/teamos2  Original Spanish version of this article : http://caballe.com/teamos2/documentos/articulos/ArranqueCdRom/cdrom.htm CDBOOT.ZIP: ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/system/drivers/cdrom/cdboot.zip

CONFIG.SYS for a system that boots with WPS, SVGA, DOS support...

BASEDEV=PARTFILT.FLT /P 0B,0C,1B,1C /W
BASEDEV=IBMKBD.SYS
BASEDEV=IBM1FLPY.ADD /V
BASEDEV=ASC.ADD
BASEDEV=IBM1S506.ADD /V
BASEDEV=IBMINT13.I13
BASEDEV=IBMIDECD.FLT /V
BASEDEV=OS2DASD.DMD
BASEDEV=OS2ASPI.DMD
COUNTRY=034,\OS2\BOOT\COUNTRY.SYS
DEVINFO=SCR,VGA,\OS2\BOOT\VTBL850.DCP
DEVINFO=KBD,SP,\OS2\BOOT\KEYBOARD.DCP

RESERVEDRIVELETTER=M:
DEVICE=\OS2\BOOT\OS2CDROM.DMD /V
IFS=\OS2\BOOT\CDFS.IFS /W
IFS=N:\OS2\BOOT\HPFS.IFS /CACHE:2048
IFS=N:\OS2\BOOT\FAT32.IFS
rem RAM drive that will become O:
IFS=N:\OS2\RAMFS\RAMFS.IFS

DEVICE=N:\OS2\BOOT\TESTCFG.SYS
DEVICE=N:\OS2\BOOT\POINTDD.SYS
DEVICE=N:\OS2\BOOT\MOUSE.SYS
rem PMDD added by BootOS2
DEVICE=N:\OS2\BOOT\PMDD.SYS
rem This lets XFolder and other apps restart the computer...
DEVICE=N:\OS2\BOOT\DOS.SYS
DEVICE=N:\OS2\BOOT\APM.SYS

rem DOS support
DEVICE=N:\OS2\MDOS\VEMM.SYS
DEVICE=N:\OS2\MDOS\VXMS.SYS
DEVICE=N:\OS2\MDOS\VDPMI.SYS
DEVICE=N:\OS2\MDOS\VDPX.SYS
DEVICE=N:\OS2\MDOS\VVGA.SYS
DEVICE=N:\OS2\MDOS\VCDROM.SYS
DEVICE=N:\OS2\MDOS\VAPM.SYS
rem I'm not sure whether we need this or not
rem SVGA works an any system with AND without this
rem DEVICE=N:\OS2\BOOT\GRADD.SYS

CODEPAGE=850,437
BUFFERS=30
IOPL=YES
DISKCACHE=D,LW
LIBPATH=.;A:\OS2\DLL;\OS2\DLL;N:\OS2\DLL;O:\OS2\DLL;N:\OS2\MDOS;
SET PATH=A:\OS2;\OS2;N:\OS2;N:\OS2\MDOS;
SET DPATH=A:\OS2;\OS2;N:\OS2;N:\OS2\MDOS;
SET HELP=N:\OS2\HELP
MEMMAN=SWAP,PROTECT
SWAPPATH=C:\ 10240 20480

rem DOS parameters
PROTECTONLY=NO
FCBS=16,8
RMSIZE=640
DOS=LOW,NOUMB
SHELL=N:\OS2\MDOS\COMMAND.COM N:\OS2\MDOS
SET GRADD_CHAINS=C1
SET C1=GENGRADD,SBFILTER
SET VIDEO_DEVICES=VIO_SVGA
SET VIO_SVGA=DEVICE(BVHVGA,BVHSVGA)

CALL=N:\OS2\CACHEF32.EXE
CALL=N:\OS2\RAMFS\RAMDISK.EXE O: Disco_RAM
CALL=N:\OS2\CMD.EXE /C MD O:\OS2
CALL=N:\OS2\UNZIP.EXE N:\OS2\DLL\DELICADO.ZIP -d O:\OS2\DLL
CALL=N:\OS2\UNZIP.EXE -o N:\OS2\WPS_INIS\SISSVGA.ZIP -d O:\
rem !! CALL=N:\OS2\CMD.EXE /C COPY N:\OS2\DLL\SCENTER.DLL O:\OS2\DLL >NUL

PROTSHELL=N:\OS2\PMSHELL.EXE
SET USER_INI=O:\BOS2USER.INI
SET SYSTEM_INI=O:\BOS2SYS.INI
SET ULSPATH=N:\OS2
SET OS2_SHELL=N:\OS2\CMD.EXE
SET COMSPEC=N:\OS2\CMD.EXE
SET PROMPT=[$p]
SET KEYS=ON
SET TEMP=O:\
SET TMP=O:\

SET TZ=cet-1ces

SET AUTOSTART=PROGRAMS,TASKLIST,FOLDERS,WARPCENTER
SET RUNWORKPLACE=N:\OS2\PMSHELL.EXE
SET RESTARTOBJECTS=STARTUPFOLDERSONLY
SET KILLFEATUREENABLED=ON
SET SCUSEPRETTYCLOCK=ON

---------------------- CONFIG.SYS end ------------------------------