Idefix with OS 3.9

[Vincent]

I had a registered version of IDEfix '97 and used that until I got OS3.9.

OS3.9 has it's own (unregistered) version of IDEfix that it will install if you say you are using IDEfix.  You can easily copy over this version with your own - but it must be the same version.  When I used my version it always brought up a requester on boot-up saying I needed a newer version.  At least the "unregistered" requesters didn't pop up.

I still use the buffer, but I've commented out the IDEfix lines in the startup and don't use IDEfix at all.  Everything works perfectly  :-D

[Vincent]

@Ryu

I'm kinda in the same boat as you (I think ;-) )

I've got IDEfix installed, but don't use it.  The only part I use is the atapi.device for the CD-Rom, which I have connected to the secondary IDE chain.

If I use the IDEfix that gets copied during the OS3.9 install, I get the register requestors (which my reg no does not work with) and I always get the "could not open atapi.device" requestor.

If I use the IDEfix that I got with the interface, I get a requestor saying "you need a new version of IDEfix" aswell as the "could not open atapi.device" requestor.

Removing the IDEfix line from the 3.9 startup solves the problem, and I have absolutely no bother using any hd or atapi CD-Rom on any position on the ide chains.

Another slight point...

After installing OS3.9 don't you still need to remove the "If EXISTS C:IDEFix" line from the startup?  I think this gets added no matter what, so you'd actually need to remove IDEFix from C: to stop this, and not just comment it out on the pre-OS3.9 install startup.