Install a CD- ROM driver on MS- DOSI have an old MS- DOS computer that I am experimenting with. The computer has an AMD 8. KB of RAM, a 5. 0 MB hard drive, and two floppy disk drives: one 3 1/2 inch, the other 5 1/4 inch. I am in the process of installing a C++ compiler on this computer (see Install C++ compiler on old MS- DOS computer with floppies for more details).
In order to facilitate that installation, I am attempting to install a CD- ROM drive. The drive is a Top Glory Electronics BCD G6.
D. I have found the correct driver (http: //www. Currently the CD- ROM drive is hooked up as a slave drive to the HD, and the jumper is set accordingly. The drive is being powered correctly; it opens and closes as it should. The driver is installed in D: \CDROM\, while the MS- DOS system files are located in the C: drive. I have added the following lines to the CONFIG. SYS and AUTOEXEC. BAT files, respectively: DEVICE=D: \CDROM\CDROM.
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SYS /D: MSCD0. 01 /V. C: \DRDOS\MSCDEX. EXE /D: MSCD0. 01 /L: F. The former loads the driver into memory, and the latter configures the MSCDEX. EXE program to interact with the driver, thus allowing the user (me) to access the CD- ROM drive. However, a problem has occurred. After installing the driver and restarting the system, one of two things happen: 1.
Information about the driver is displayed. An unusually large cursor flashes on- screen.
The first step to any hardware installation process that would require the opening of the computer casing is the unplugging of the power cord. Ok, so I'm back to the normal issues, with the CD not installing, even though Novell CD is read by the DOS cd-rom. In any case here is where I'm at. Steps to follow if DVD/CD-ROM drive will not install properly and has a yellow exclaimation point, will not read DVD/CD, and does not show up in 'Computer'.
The information mentioned in item 1 is shown here: ATAPI IDE CD- ROM Device Driver. Release DATE : 0. TIME : 0. 9: 0. 0: 0.
Example : DEVICE=CDROM_DRV. SYS /D: MSCD0. 01 [/DMA]. DMA - -> Enable PCI Bus Master DMA Mode. UDMA - -> Enable PCI Bus Master Ultra DMA Mode. Sound Card IDE Port 1. IRQ 1. 0. Sound Card IDE Port 1.
E8 - -> IRQ 1. Driver Version : 2. Device Name : MSCD0.
Drive 0: Port= 1. F0 (Primary Channel), Slave IRQ= 1.
Firmware Version : M1. Transfer Mode : Programmed I/O mode. In both cases, the DOS prompt never appears, and the system does not accept commands. Thus, the computer is rendered useless. The problem appears to be caused by the line in CONFIG.
SYS. When I boot MS- DOS from a floppy disk rather than the HD and remove that line from the file, the computer works just fine when I reboot from the HD. Of course, MSCDEX.
EXE cannot access the device, as the driver is not loaded). This leads me to believe that I have the drive and its driver set up correctly. However, that does not help me considering that I am unable to do anything with the computer once the driver loads. Does anybody know how I would be able to gain access to the MS- DOS prompt and use the computer while the driver is loaded? Thanks in advanced for your help.