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