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Problems installing IDE DVD drive as CD-ROM under DOS

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First post, by tammis

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I have a 386 system which I have repaired (original topic: Help identifying and troubleshooting old 386 PC, I've since solved the CMOS battery issue).

I'm trying to install an optical drive. The drive is a Samsung SH-S182D. It is connected to the IDE controller card on the same cable as the HDD. The drive's jumper is set to SL. I've tried with both Samsung's own SSCDROM.SYS and OAKCDROM.SYS, but both end up at "No drives found, aborting installation".

My CONFIG.SYS (the commented out line is what I tried with the Samsung driver, as detailed in the manual) is:

DEVICE=C:\CTCM\CTCM.EXE
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
DOS=HIGH,UMB
DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS
BUFFERS=20
FCBS=4,0
DEVICEHIGH /L:1,12048 =C:\DOS\SETVER.EXE
COUNTRY=358,,C:\DOS\COUNTRY.SYS
DEVICEHIGH /L:1,15792 =C:\DOS\DISPLAY.SYS CON=(EGA,,1)
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\IFSHLP.SYS
STACKS=0,0
FILES=40
LASTDRIVE=Z
REM DEVICE=C:\SAMSUNG\SSCDROM.SYS \D:SSCD000 /UDMA
DEVICE=C:\DOS\OAKCDROM.SYS /D:MSCD001 /P:1F0,14 /P:170,15 /P:1E8,11 /P:168,10

The OAKROM "brute forcing" I picked up from Re: How do I set up a CDrom in MSDOS 6.22?

My AUTOEXEC.BAT (again, the comented out line is what I tried with the Samsung driver) is:

SET SOUND=C:\SB16
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 E620 T6
SET MIDI=SYNTH:1 MAP:E MODE:0
SET CTCM=C:\CTCM
C:\SB16\DIAGNOSE /S /W=C:\WINDOWS
C:\SB16\AWEUTIL /S
C:\SB16\MIXERSET /P /Q
LH /L:0;1,45456 /S C:\DOS\SMARTDRV.EXE /X
PROMPT $p$g
PATH C:\WINDOWS;C:\DOS
SET PATH=C:\GMOUSE;%PATH%
C:\GMOUSE\GMOUSE.COM 1*3
SET TEMP=C:\DOS
DOSKEY
MODE CON CODEPAGE PREPARE=((850) C:\DOS\EGA.CPI)
MODE CON CODEPAGE SELECT=850
LH /L:1,17264 KEYB SU,,C:\DOS\KEYBOARD.SYS
LH /L:1,29472 c:\MOUSE\MOUSE.COM
REM MSCDEX /D:SSCD000
MSCDEX /D:MSCD001 /L:D

Am I missing something obvious? Any pointers would be appreciated!

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