[Ham-Computers] Need help with DOS

[Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)]

Brian K. Gaskamp wrote:
> Hi gang
Hi Brian

> I have computer in my hands that does not have Windows and I'm
> trying to install Xtree Gold via the cd-rom and can't figure out which drive
> is the cd-rom.
Ouch, I feel your pain.

> My days of messing with DOS are rusty.
Most people's are these days :)
What I can remember is that although in theory DOS is installed on C: 
and the CD-ROM should therefore be D:, provided there are no other 
drives, sometimes this is not the case, as you have found out.

What I can remember is that the CD-ROM drive might actually be b: or 
even A: if there is not a stiffy drive in the machine.

Going into the BIOS when the machine boots up by pressing Del, you 
should be able to see if the CD-ROM is said to be installed and of 
course if there is a stiffy drive. Going into the enhanced options will 
allow you to change things like Bootup floppy seek, boot order etc. I am 
assuming that the system does not have the ability to boot from CD_ROM 
and so therefore maybe something could be changed in the BIOS that 
allows DOS to recognise the drive.

> I downloaded Xtree Gold and put it on CD and want to load it on the older
> computer to see what it has on there.
Another option, of you have a stiffy disk is to copy the CD contents 
onto a stiffy and install it from the stiffy drive.

> Can anybody help, I'm sort of lost.
Other than the above I am fresh out of DOS ideas. :)

Regards and goodluck. Let us know the end fix.

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