GW> I have had the same problem with standard IDE CD-ROM's.  OS/2 Warp 4.0 
GW> installed just fine with a IDE hard drive place as primary master and 
anoth
GW> IDE drive as the slave drive on primary and a Mitsumi 24x IDE CD-ROM  
GW> configured as the slave on the secondary IDE port.   When I installed SP 
5,
GW> machine refused to Boot past the the OS/2 logo screen.  I originally 
could 
GW> figure out what the problem was, then at work I installed to a CD-ROM 
less 
GW> machine across the network.  Installed SP 5 and the machine booted 
without 
GW> problems... (I need to point out here that at home i was using the same 
GW> hardware that I was using at work).   So I added a CD-ROM as the slave on 
t
GW> secondary IDE port. The machine refused to boot.  So I decide to make the 
GW> drives continous by configuring the CD-ROM as the master on the secondary 
p
GW> and the machine booted just fine.   Now that SP 6 is out, the problem is 
GW> reversed... It refused to boot after the application of SP6 because the 
CD-
GW> was the master on the secondary port... (I only have 2 IDE hard drives in 
t
GW> machine)..
    I am using Fixpack #6 here.  It'll boot fine as long as my IDE CDROM is 
master.  If it's slave, no go.
    But I don't think it's an OS/2 thing, because if I have it set as slave, 
my HDD light is always on.. which usually indicates a problem. :)
C. Gaefke
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