A guide to creating a boot disk that will support your CDROM drive Window 98 1) Click Start/settings/control panel/add remove programs/create disks
Window 95 (or if the your boot disk doesn't support your CDROM drive) Config.sys DEVICE=A:\HIMEM.SYS /TESTMEM:OFF DEVICE=SCSIDRIVER.SYS -This driver is needed only if the CDROM is SCSI. Replace the SCSIDRIVER with the appropriate driver. DEVICE=DRIVERNAME.SYS /D:MSCD001 -This is the device driver to load the CDROM driver in the system. Replace the DRIVERNAME with the coresponding Autoexec.bat In the autoexec.bat file type in one line: A:\MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD001 /L:R /D: - THIS STRING ASSIGNS A DRIVER NAME. THE NAME MUST BE THE SAME IN THE CONFIG.SYS AND THE AUTOEXEC.BAT FILE. /L:x - THIS STRING IS OPTIONAL, IT ASSIGNS A SPECIFIC DRIVE LETTER TO THE CDROM. IT IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED TO USE THIS STRING Examples Autoexec.bat A:\MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD001 /L:R Config.sys DEVICE=A:\HIMEM.SYS /TESTMEM:OFF DEVICE=A:\TAISATAP.SYS /D:MSCD001 |