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Paralle port cd-rom DOS drivers
Name: Joe Murillo Date: September 25, 2003 at 11:38:39 Pacific OS: DOS-win98 CPU/Ram: Pentium 100/32 MB
Comment:
I got this older Compaq Armada Laptop from a friend, and I want to install Win98se on it but it has no cd-rom. I have an external HP CD-RW 7500 but it's a parallel port device. Question: how can i get the CD-rom being recognized in DOS, to actually can install the OS? HP site does not provide DOS drivers for this model. I'd appreciate any help on this. Regards,
Name: x86 Date: September 25, 2003 at 14:20:51 Pacific
Reply:
Without DOS drivers you will not be able to use the drive, suggest you look round for a second-user backpack cd which has drivers.
The other alternative is to use LapLink or similar to copy over files from a PC.
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Response Number 2
Name: Joe Murillo Date: September 25, 2003 at 18:58:57 Pacific
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Just wanted you all to know that I was able to make the CD-rom to be recognized in DOS; I found EPAT drivers for DOS in the Shuttle web site (following an advice found in the drivers forum), and with some little mods to the config.sys and autoexec.bat the CD-rom was recognized. Thanks for the support!
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