As for the CD-ROM driver question, I have a simple solution. All my boot disks for DOS and windows use this.

Make a bootable disk from the format options in Explorer, then copy the mscdex.exe file from the Windows/command directory, then copy a CD-ROM "sys" file from a CD-ROM driver disk (I use aoatapi.sys from the Aopen drives, haven't found a 4x or faster IDE drive it won't work with). Next, copy the standard utilities: copy, delete, deltree, edit, fdisk and format. Now reboot the computer using the boot disk. At the A:\>, type "edit config.sys" when the editor comes up, put in this line:

DEVICE=A:\AOATAPI.SYS /D:WHIZBANG

(You can use any thing in place of WHIZBANG, that is siply a nme for the device, just remember exactly what you named it)

Save that and exit, then at the A:\> type "edit autoexec.bat" When the editor comes up ad this line:

A:\mscdex.exe /D:WHIZBANG (or whatever you named the device)

Save and exit. Now reboot the machine with that disk, you have a CD-ROM ready to go. If you have more than one CD (CD and CDRW) it will find and load for both devices and give them seperate drive letters and show you what letter is assigned to each.

If you will send mew an e-mail I will send you the aoatapi.sys file, as I said it works with every 4x or faster IDE CD-ROM drive I have seen.
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[This message has been edited by MAYHEM (edited August 31, 2000).]