Subj : CD-ROM Access
To   : Lionel Hasselhoff
From : Leonard Erickson
Date : Sat May 31 2003 04:17 am

 -=> Quoting Lionel Hasselhoff to All <=-

 LH> Assuming that this echo is "for DOS",

It's not. It's for a COMMAND.COM replacement named 4dos, and related programs.

 LH> can anyone tell me how to
 LH> access a CD-ROM drive from DOS that is booted from a W95 floppy?

 LH> I made the floppy with the << format a: /s  >> command and did
 LH> not copy any extra files to it.  When I boot from this floppy 
 LH> and try to get a dir from the CD-ROM (which was e: under W95)
 LH> I get an "invalid drive" message.

 LH> Do I need to copy extra drivers, configuration files, or
 LH> something else to the floppy in order to access the CD-ROM 
 LH> from DOS?  Or is it something else?

You have to load a driver for your particular type/model of CD drive in
CONFIG.SYS *and* you need to load MSCDEX in AUTOEXEC.BAT.

A good start is to go back to the Win95 or 98 system and go to the
Comtrol Panel. Click on Add/Remove Programs, and you'll se that one
"tab" at the top of the window is labeled "startup disk".

Use *that* to make the boot floppy. The resulting floppy will have the
drivers and will boot up to a menu asking if you want CD support or not.


--- FMailX 1.60
 * Origin: Shadowgard (1:105/50)

.