[Ham-Computers] Need help with DOS

Sat, 03 Apr 2004 22:15:48 +0000

>> 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.

> 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.

   For DOS to have a CDROM in it, you need MSCDEX.? and a driver from M$ or the 
drive maker installed.  The driver is called from config.sys and MSCDEX.? is 
called from autoexec.bat
   One or both of these are a BIOS extension, as older confusors didn't know of 
such a beast.

   I have been out totally of M$ since 1997, but I remember this much.
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