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   From: "Dariusz Piatkowski"    
      
   responding to my own post...LOL...bad form...I know...but I wanted to share   
   the    
   results with everyone!   
      
   Editing the file did the trick...I am down to 1 CD drive now...exactly as I    
   wanted to see. Thanks to James' advice...job is done!   
      
      
   On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 19:21:30 UTC, "Dariusz Piatkowski"    
    wrote:   
      
   > Hi James!   
   >    
   > On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 18:56:31 UTC, "James J. Weinkam"  wrote:   
   >    
   > > Dariusz Piatkowski wrote:   
   > > > A strange issue for me...my old machine had 2 CD drives (well, 1 CD and   
   1 DVD),   
   > > > the new one has a single DVD drive...however, the multimedia setup   
   program   
   > > > (G:\MMOS2\STPM.EXE) still shows 2 TABs assigned to them, namely:   
   > > >   
   > > > 1) Compact Disc - default, Drive Y: (this is OK)   
   > > > 2) Compact Disc 2 - Drive P: (this is NOT OK, as no such hardware exists)   
   > > >   
   > > > Now...until now I hadn't really noticed this. I am using Dani drivers   
   (1.8.5)   
   > > > and only a single Optical drive shows up in the DRIVES folder.   
   > > > However...recently I wanted to create 2 more HPFS partitions and when   
   the real   
   > > > NEW P: drive was created I started running into some really weird   
   problems.   
   > > >   
   > > > Given that the MMOS2 sub-system still thinks I actually have 2 optical   
   > > > drives...I am thinking the 2nd one does NOT need to be there anymore and   
   to   
   > > > clean things up I should dump it. The question is: HOW???   
   > > >   
   > > > I see the obvious INI files and one of them clearly shows the 2 CD   
   devices...but   
   > > > is it sufficient to simply edit this file?   
   > > >   
   > > > It's been quite some time since  I had to do this...any hints?   
   > > >   
   > > > Thanks!   
   > >    
   > > I'm fairly sure that the fill MMPM2.INI in boot:\MMOS2 is the file you   
   need to edit (this is a text    
   > > file, not an OS2 INI file).   
   > >    
   > > Here are the relevant sections form the file on my T60:   
   > >    
   > > ...   
   > >    
   > > [Drivers]   
   > >   Digitalvideo=IBMDIGVIDPLAYER01,IBMMPEGPLAYER01   
   > >   Speaker=SPEAKER   
   > >   Headphone=HEADPHONE   
   > >   Microphone=MICROPHONE   
   > >   Filter=IBMFILTER01,IBMFILTER02,IBMFILTER03   
   > >   Waveaudio=UNIAUDWAVE01   
   > >   Ampmix=UNIAUDAMPMIX01   
   > >   CDaudio=IBMCDAUDIO01   
   > >    
   > > ...   
   > >    
   > > [IBMCDAUDIO01]   
   > >   VERSIONNUMBER=2.0   
   > >   PRODUCTINFO=IBMCDAUDIO   
   > >   MCDDRIVER=CDAUDIO   
   > >   VSDDRIVER=GENCDVSD   
   > >   PDDNAME=CDROM   
   > >   MCDTABLE=MDM   
   > >   RESOURCENAME=CD1   
   > >   DEVICEFLAG=1   
   > >   DEVICETYPE=3   
   > >   SHARETYPE=2   
   > >   RESOURCEUNITS=1   
   > >   RESOURCECLASSES=1,1   
   > >   PARMSTRING=Drive=1,Caps=40000313:000001CA:B:2   
   > >   CONNECTORS=1,6,HEADPHONE,1   
   > >   ALIASNAME=Compact Disc   
   > >    
   > > If I am correct, the CDaudio line in your Drivers section should read   
   > >    
   > >   CDaudio=IBMCDAUDIO01,IBMCDAUDIO02   
   > >    
   > > and you should have an additional section headed [IBMCDAUDIO02].   
   > >    
   > > Back up the file just in case. Then try deleting the IBMCDAUDIO02 section   
   entirely and the reference    
   > > to it on the CDaudio line.   
   >    
   > Yup...that is the file I was looking at as well...and it appears to be the   
   only    
   > place I saw a reference to my MIA CD#2...LOL.   
   >    
   > Thank you for the confirmation...I had made the change and a re-boot should   
   tell   
   > if the result is what I'm looking for.   
      
      
      
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