Subj : CD-ROM Access
To   : Lionel Hasselhoff
From : mark lewis
Date : Fri May 30 2003 11:56 pm

 LH> Assuming that this echo is "for DOS", can anyone tell me how
 LH> to access a CD-ROM drive from DOS that is booted from a W95
 LH> floppy?

you need a device driver to list in config.sys and mscdex.exe in the 
autoexec.bat file...

ie: the following...

=== config.sys ===
device=himem.sys
device=vide-cdd.sys /d:mscd000
=== end ===

=== autoexec.bat ===
mscdex /d:mscd000 /m:12
=== end ===

you'll need to copy all three files to the floppy... and create the above two 
files on the floppy... the cdrom will be the next available drive letter... 
hopefully the harddrive is already ready to go and accessible as c:... if so, 
the cdrom will be d:... vide-cdd.sys is available in many places... himem.sys 
and mscdex.exe are specific to the version of DOS you are booting from...

once you get this all working, then i highly recommend that you make a 
directory on the harddrive and copy the windows files from the cd to the 
harddrive, remove the floppy disk and then start the setup program...

ie: md c:\options
    md c:\options\win95
    copy e:\win95 c:\options\win95
    c:
    cd options\win95
  [remove the floppy]
    setup

and go from there... that's pretty close to the procedure i remember using... 
however, i generally set everything up and preped the harddrive with the above 
files and then booted off the harddrive and then did the install... to do that, 
you'll also need to add the format.exe (or .com?) file to the floppy... boot 
from the floppy, format c: /s, copy the config.sys, autoexec.bat, and those 
three files named in them to the harddrive... remove the floppy, reboot, then 
do the above ie: lines...

)\/(ark

 
* Origin: (1:3634/12)

.