Trying to write cd's in dos Hello all, I have been trying to write cd's in dos and cannot get the aspi maneger installed correctly or maybe have the wrong drivers. Using DAO 16bit I can write an iso image but when I try to write it to cd I get the message; ERROR: Unable to initialize the ASPI maneger ASPI maneger not found on system How would you enter the commands in autoexec & config to make it work, currently I'm trying to use the aspi files that I found in my WindowsME op system (not sure this would work anyway) these are; aspi2dos.sys aspi2hlp.sys aspi4dos.sys aspi8dos.sys aspi8u2.sys aspicd.sys I've tried to load them via config.sys but I'm unsure which needs to be loaded via autoexec if any.

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Thanks Petit, but I am familiar with this site and the software (I use it myself for a multiboot disc instead of lilo or another)and they nor anywere else I've searched has what I'm looking for(I would like to find a generic aspi manger for cdwriters, yeah right), hey please keep sending any ideas Well I still can't get the file2cd.exe(DAO) to see my aspi manegers(the makeiso.exe works fine), looking about I noticed that the winME boot disc uses the above files (I'll assume they're correctly installed) So I've decided that you must need specific aspi manegers for the cd writer you are using. Unfortunately HP does not support dos drivers for their hardware. I'm using an "HP CD-Writer 9100b" should have mentioned that to start with I guess

just put this in your c:\config.sys file (preferably after everything else) device=aspi2dos.sys device=aspi4dos.sys device=aspi8dos.sys device=aspi8u2.sys device=aspicd.sys /d:eu108z (replace my with the location of where these files really are on your hard drive, eg. device=c:\aspidrv\ I usually put them in c:\windows\command to keep them with the other dos stuff. then add this line to your c:\autoexec.bat file(again preferably at the end): mscdex /d:eu108z note that this 'eu108z' buisness is just something I've made up: as long as the letters after the '/d:' are the same for both the aspicd.sys and mscdex lines it will work. (it's kind of an alias for the driver) WHAT WILL HAPPEN: during boot, 3 of the config.sys drivers will fail, but the one that's right for your scsi adapter will load. (the failures won't affect this) Then you can streamline your bootup by leaving out the failing ones from your c:\config.sys good luck, email if problems or need clarify - chris db

(sorry, I forgot and used greater-than and less-than symbols.. computing net strips them to discourage html posts, the below is correct) just put this in your c:\config.sys file (preferably after everything else) device={path}aspi2dos.sys device={path}aspi4dos.sys device={path}aspi8dos.sys device={path}aspi8u2.sys device={path}aspicd.sys /d:eu108z Replace my {path} with the location of where these files really are on your hard drive, eg. device=c:\aspidrv\ I usually put them in c:\windows\command to keep them with the other dos stuff. then add this line to your c:\autoexec.bat file(again preferably at the end): mscdex /d:eu108z note that this 'eu108z' buisness is just something I've made up: as long as the letters after the '/d:' are the same for both the aspicd.sys and mscdex lines it will work. (it's kind of an alias for the driver) WHAT WILL HAPPEN: during boot, 3 of the config.sys drivers will fail, but the one that's right for your scsi adapter will load. (the failures won't affect this) Then you can streamline your bootup by leaving out the failing ones from your c:\config.sys good luck, email if problems or need clarify - chris db

thanks chris, but this is exactly what I did in responce number three, using the me boot disk(I'm trying to use a boot disk to write cd's). This will certainly find the cdrom but I still get "cannot innitialize aspi maneger" using the DAO file2cd.exe program.