With no option to use Floppy Disk Drive and CD-ROM Drive at the same time,first obtain a bootdisk for the Operating System being installed.
Assuming Fdisk was used on the Hard Disk Drive to create a ‘container’ for the active partition, and that the Hard Disk Drive was formatted (Format C:) to prepare the partitioned area for Operating System storage.
Start laptop with bootdisk and select: ‘Start PC without CD-ROM Support’ if the option is presented.
Step 1: Install Command.com on the C:\ drive to make the Hard Drive bootable.
At the A:\> prompt, key in:
SYS C:
Press: Enter. (A message with ‘System Transferred’ appears after this command is done. To check the Hard Disk Drive for the Command.com file, At the A:\> prompt key in: C: and press: Enter. At C:\>, key in: DIR, and press: Enter. Command.com should show up on C:)
Step 2: Copy the oakcdrom.sys and mscdex.exe files from the bootdisk to the Hard Disk Drive C:.
At the A:\> prompt, key in:
copy a:oakcdrom.sys c:
Press: Enter.
Back at A:\>, key in:
Copy a:mscdex.exe c:
Press: Enter.
A message: ‘1 file copied’ appears after each action.
Step 3: Create the Autoexec.bat and the Config.sys files.
At A:\>, key in:
Edit
Press: Enter.
In the Edit program, key in:
C:\mscdex.exe /d:mscd001
Press: Alt+F to access the ‘File’ menu.
Press the A key to access the ‘Save As’ dialogue box.
In the ‘Save As’ dialogue box, key in:
C:\autoexec.bat
Press: Enter. The info is now saved as the Autoexec.bat file.
Next, press Alt+F to access the ‘File’ menu again.
Press the N key to create a new document.
In the new document, key in:
Device=c:oakcdrom.sys /d:mscd001
Press: Alt+F to get back to the ‘File’ menu.
Press: A to ‘Save As’.
In the ‘Save As ‘ dialogue, key in:
C:\config.sys
Press: Enter. Info is saved as the Config.sys file.
Press Alt+F and key in X to exit the Edit program.
[Note 1: as an optional step, while creating the Autoexec.bat file, /L:X can be added to establish the CD-ROM Drive letter. For example, to create the Autoexec.bat file and establish the CD-ROM letter as ‘M’, the following entry is used:
C:\mscdex.exe /d:mscd001 /L:M
Press: Enter.]
[Note 2: the autoexec.bat file can be checked using the following command at the C:\> prompt:
Type autoexec.bat
Press Enter.
The config.sys file is checked the same way:
Type config.sys
Press Enter.]
Shut down PC, remove the Floppy Disk Drive, and place the CD-ROM drive in the laptop bay.
Start the laptop, and this time, boot to the C:\> prompt.
Step 4: Install Operating System.
At C:\>, key in:
D:
Press Enter. (Where D: is the CD-ROM drive)
Now, at D:\>, key in:
Setup
Press Enter.
Install Operating System.
