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installing new cd rom from dos
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Name: ardy
Date: December 17, 2002 at 17:44:03 Pacific
Subject: installing new cd rom from dosOS: dos 6.2CPU/Ram: 486ds |
Comment: how do i set the auto exec. and syst. file to read my new cd rom drive?
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Response Number 1
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Name: bob_c
Date: December 17, 2002 at 18:18:19 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Didn't the new CD-ROM drive come with a floppy disk with some setup software on it? If not, your best bet would be to download a floppy boot disk from http://www.bootdisk.com The boot disks there have support for most CD-ROM drives, and you could then check out the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files on the floppy, and adapt them for use on your hard drive.
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Response Number 2
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Name: DR
Date: December 17, 2002 at 18:23:51 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Download OAKROM.sys from the site listed below; http://www.computerhope.com/download/hardware.htm This page explains how to install it. http://www.computerhope.com/cdromd.htm If you just bought a new CD-ROM in a box, I would be surprised if they didn't include the DOS installation 3.5" disk. If you have one, you can probably stick it in the A drive and from DOS type A:install Then the program will run and edit your config.sys and autoexec.bat files, copy drivers to the right place and tell you to reboot.
Good luck
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Response Number 3
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Name: ardy
Date: December 17, 2002 at 18:40:56 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)yes it came with a disk with its driver on it and it added is and updated my auto.exe and config.sys but when i reboot it says bad or missing
c:\Devices\cdromdrv.sys
error in conf.sys line 4 c:\>
c:\>
c:\>x:\dos\mscdex /d:mscd001/L:d
illegalption
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Response Number 4
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Name: JackG
Date: December 17, 2002 at 18:54:58 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Ugh... Then it should have copied the cdromdrv.sys file into the C:\Devices subdirectory. If it did not, you will have to copy that file into that location from the diskette, or some other place, and edit the CONFIG.SYS file entry to point to the location with the driver.
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Response Number 6
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Name: DR
Date: December 17, 2002 at 21:10:33 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)This line x:\dos\mscdex /d:mscd001/L:d should read C:\dos\mscdex /d:mscd001/L:d The line /L:d on the end assigns the Drive letter D to your CD-ROM drive. You could omit /L:d and the drive letter would be assigned automatically. Then as Jack, above pointed out, look on the disk for cdromdrv.sys and copy it to the directory DEVICES. Create that directory DEVICES if it doesn't exist. That should work when you reboot.
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Response Number 7
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Name: ardy
Date: December 18, 2002 at 17:48:21 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)new situation first the x: as i typed above was a miss type.
but i was told the cd rom i bought dwont work for my 486ds it needs 486dx. so i took my broken drive apart and fixed it.
i reinstalled dos 6.2 and now i need to get it to know there is a d: drive and how to install the driver. i know the make and model, and down loaded it to an disk but i dont know how to make it install itself.
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