Subj : Re: how to detect cdrom?
To   : Stan Brown
From : CBFalconer
Date : Fri Feb 08 2002 07:49 am

From: CBFalconer@f3.n342.z1.cereal.mv.com (CBFalconer)
Subject: Re: how to detect cdrom?

From: CBFalconer <cbfalconer@yahoo.com>

Stan Brown wrote:
>
> E. S. (Steve) Fabian <ESFabian@BellAtlantic.net> wrote in
> comp.os.msdos.4dos:
> >Locating a virtual [ram] disk is not trivial.
>
> Those who have an installation of Windows 9x will find a 7 KB
> program
>         C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\EBD\FINDRAMD.EXE
> that returns 3-26 in ERRORLEVEL for RAM drive as C through Z. The OP
> wanted a generic PC-DOS solution. I don't know whether FINDRAM will
> run in a 16-bit environment, but it might be worth a try.

It should, since that directory is what W98 puts in an emergency boot disk.

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