Installing external cd rom from DOS

**simplesolution** · March 5th, 2007, 04:57 PM

In response to the ? on the config.sys file there is nothing else.

**NooNoo** · March 5th, 2007, 04:57 PM

No, this question....

Originally Posted by NooNoo

in the config.sys file, is there a line with mscdex.exe in it?

**simplesolution** · March 5th, 2007, 04:58 PM

What happened up there is we were typing at the same time

**simplesolution** · March 5th, 2007, 04:59 PM

There is no line in the config.sys file with msc

**NooNoo** · March 5th, 2007, 05:01 PM

then that's why it's not working....

**simplesolution** · March 5th, 2007, 05:07 PM

What do I need to do?

**NooNoo** · March 5th, 2007, 05:15 PM

Learn the basics of DOS for a start...
You need an autoexec.bat and a config.sys on the c drive

In those files you need the driver.sys for the cd rom in the config.sys file
an example is here

I was wrong the mscdex.exe goes in the autoexec, the driver.sys file goes in config.sys... but then I haven't done a dos machine for a while now

The driver.sys file line in the config.sys file example is DEVICEHIGH=C:\MTMCDAI.SYS /D:123 it will probably be different in your config.sys.

**CCT** · March 5th, 2007, 05:37 PM

When I used to run 98SE and had some old games (Ultima 7) I had to make pif's and the base lines were similar to these:

autoexec.bat line says:
c:\windows\command\MSCdex.exe /D:MSCD001

config.sys:
device=atapi_cd.sys /D:MSCD001 /P:1F0,14 /P:170,15 /P:1E8,12 /P:168,10