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Name: paul griesbaum
Date: August 2, 2003 at 08:31:46 Pacific
OS: windows 3.1
CPU/Ram: 1.1g/32mb
Comment:

I insttalled the universal cd-rom driver, but I still can't see the cd-rom drive in windows. I changed the /D switch to /E bacause I have two drives, but I still can't see the cd-rom in windows. Any help with this installation will be appreciated.



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Response Number 1
Name: litz (by don)
Date: August 2, 2003 at 09:45:42 Pacific
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did you restart after installation?


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Response Number 2
Name: paul griesbaum
Date: August 2, 2003 at 11:10:49 Pacific
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Yes I did restart.


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Response Number 3
Name: litz (by don)
Date: August 2, 2003 at 11:28:15 Pacific
Reply:

what kind of cd-rom is it?...if it is one that attaches directly to the soundcard you will need completely seperate drivers...does it recognize the cd-rom with a Windows 98 bootdisk?...if you need one go to www.bootdisk.com and download one and recreate it on a floppy and boot with it, if it doesn't recognize your drive than you need specific drivers for it


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Response Number 4
Name: hwood
Date: August 2, 2003 at 13:50:38 Pacific
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Paul:

Did you install a corresponding mscdex line in your autoexec.bat file?


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Response Number 5
Name: paul griesbaum
Date: August 3, 2003 at 08:51:59 Pacific
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What is the corresponding mscdex line?


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Response Number 6
Name: Keith
Date: August 3, 2003 at 13:32:54 Pacific
Reply:

Do this:

Replace the line loading the drive in CONFIG.SYS to:

X:\YOURCDROMDRIVER.SYS /D:CDROM01 /E

Where X is your hard disk letter with the driver and YOURCDROMDRIVER.SYS is your CDROM driver file.

Next, add this to AUTOEXEC.BAT.

X:\DIRECTORY\TO\MSCDEX.exe /D:CDROM01

Where X is your hard disk letter with MSCDEX.exe and DIRECTORY\TO is the directory MSCDEX.exe is in.

HTH.

Keith


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Response Number 7
Name: paul griesbaum
Date: August 4, 2003 at 22:22:32 Pacific
Reply:

This is what was put into my autoexec.bat file by the universal cd driver: REM C:\SAMSUNG\MSCDEX/D:SSCD000 (this line was placed in the autoexec.bat twice)

In the config.sys it put this: REM DEVICE=C:\SAMSUNG\SSCDROM.SYS/D:SSCD000 /v
(this line was placed in the autoexec.bat twice)

Because I have two hard drives I changed /D TO /E but it still did not recognize the cd rom. I'm thinking about reinstalling win3.1 from the file at this website http://www.btinternet.com/~woofgbr/ Is there a way I could get the win 3.1 installation from that website onto floppies?


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Response Number 8
Name: KDog849
Date: August 5, 2003 at 07:17:43 Pacific
Reply:

OK, take one of those in the AUTOEXEC out leaving one. Then take out the REMs.


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Response Number 9
Name: x86
Date: August 5, 2003 at 07:23:27 Pacific
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In the config.sys file you should have two entries one for CD one for last drive letter:

device=DEVICE=C:\SAMSUNG\SSCDROM.SYS /D:SSCD000 /v
lastdrive=g

In the autoexec.bat

C:\SAMSUNG\MSCDEX /D:SSCD000


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Response Number 10
Name: paul griesbaum
Date: August 5, 2003 at 10:26:38 Pacific
Reply:

Here's what you wrote:

In the config.sys file you should have two entries one for CD one for last drive letter:
device=DEVICE=C:\SAMSUNG\SSCDROM.SYS /D:SSCD000 /v
lastdrive=g
Should the /D:SSCD000 be E if I have two hard drives?
What do you mean when you say the last drive should be g?
Could you write what should be in my config.sys file?


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Response Number 11
Name: KDog849
Date: August 5, 2003 at 11:40:29 Pacific
Reply:

Change it to:

DEVICE=C:\SAMSUNG\SSCDROM.SYS /D:SSCD000 /E
lastdrive=g

The D:SSCD000 stands for DRIVERNAME or soemthing, it's not the drive letter. the /E is.


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Response Number 12
Name: x86
Date: August 5, 2003 at 22:53:48 Pacific
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You do not need to designate the drive letter for the CDROM, in DOS it will assign the next available drive letter. The line lastdrive= specifies how many drive letter should be available.

As above states is the way to force a drive letter assignment.

In reply to how to write the lines have already done so. Maybe you ought to read thru:

http://www.butterwick0.freeserve.co.uk/tutor/menu.html

so you can understand what we are trying to inform you..


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