How Do I add CDROM in Safe Mode?

[confus-ed]

Well, so far I've added the following changes to config.sys and autoexec.bat"

auto:

LH C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MSCDEX.EXE /E:MSCD0001

config

LH C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MSCDEX.EXE /E:MSCD0001

and I'm still not about to able to access my cdrom in safe mode.

Any suggestions???

Orangeman

So Aunty Noo told you that didn't she ? So here's what Uncle Billy says

Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 198687 - Installing Real Mode CD-ROM Drivers in Windows 98

I would respectfully say both methods are wrong ! - 98 doesn't need any realmode drivers - it wants some in flipping safe mode !!! If we add it for one - we add it for both - which isn't what we 'really' want at all ...

Just start it from a: ! - go grab yourself a bootdisk with cd rom support from one of my favourite net places Bootdisk.com .. do your tinkering from there - you can try & fire safemode windows by typing "c:\{whatever path it might be}\win /d:m" Here's another of Billy's missives (in which he gets a bit better, but why the hell a 98 recovery disk doesn't natively have the cd drivers 'there' is beyond me ..).

btw if you want to get the various lines you need in autoexec.bat, config,sys OR dosstart.bat (that's how you get cd drives available in dos while running windows ) just crack open one of the boot images & have a look !

& oh edit ...

Since its completely unclear, & I smell much confus-ed-ness !, just what goes where (orange you have the entries wrong fella !) - here's yet another link with the entries all on one page How to Setup CD-ROM Drives under DOS

Example entries might be
Autoexec.bat

C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MSCDEX.EXE /D:Orangeman /V

Config.sys

DEVICE=C:\CDROM\IDE-CD.SYS /D:Orangeman

read the link