Not quite sure where this should go, so apologies if it's in the wrong place.
Anybody wanna fill me in on how to get my optical drive working in DOS?
I know it has something to do with autoexec.bat and config.sys and adding some lines but that's all I know.
In CONFIG.SYS:
device=c:\devices\(the name of DOS CD-ROM driver) /d:mscd000
In AUTOEXEC.BAT:
c:\dos\mscdex /d:mscd000 /l:g
The DOS CD-ROM driver can vary depending on vendor, an example is aspicd.sys.
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Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman.
I think I should note, it's a Win98se installation I work with.
wrote:I think I should note, it's a Win98se installation I work with.
Did you try to make the optical drive work in pure DOS, or in Win98's DOS box?
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Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman.
Pure DOS; Boot > F8 > MS-DOS
wrote:Pure DOS; Boot > F8 > MS-DOS
You need to have the correct DOS driver for your CD-ROM and MSCDEX, then edit the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT accordingly.
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Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman.
Is that DOS driver in my Windows installation present or do I need to download it? It's a DVD-RW drive btw.
Never mind, got it working;
I copied cd1.sys from my Win98se boot floppy to C:\Windows\Command\
I put this in Config.sys;
device=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\cd1.sys /d:mscd001
And this in autoexec.bat;
C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\mscdex.exe /d:mscd001 /l:d
Thanks for the help 😀
