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Re: [ECS] Tech Win question Bill Walters Thu, 4 Nov 1999 16:35:34 -0600

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If you're booting from a diskette, you must load the "real mode" CD-ROM
drivrs in order to have access to your CD-ROM...  There will be an entry in
CONFIG.SYS that looks like:

DEVICE=TRICD.SYS /D:MSCD000


And in your AUTOEXEC.BAT, you'll something like:

MSCDEX /D:MSCD000


...of course, your mileage may vary depending upon the particular driving
conditions you encounter.......


I've never figured out how an E-IDE CD-ROM can be recognized and used in
Windows 9x without any trouble, but in DOS, you have to load some sort of
special "driver".....  If DOS can recognize and use your HD, why can't it do
the same for a CD rom???  Ah, such are the mysteries of life!

Bill Walters

----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Gilmore <omnip@usit.net>
To: <ecs-list@netbloc.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 04, 1999 4:15 PM
Subject: [ECS] Tech Win question


> To any who may help,
> This is an OLD Win problem that I never resolved:
> When I attempt to run SETUP on my Win CDROM, I get this error:
> "Some control panel or device settings have changed since you
> last started windows. Please exit all programs and try again."
>
> I have verified numerous times that this error's causes/
> solutions found on the web do NOT apply to my situation.
>
> When I boot into "SAFE MODE", I can't access the CDROM.
> When I attempt to boot into the CDROM, Win reports a "failure"
> and continues booting from the hard drive.
> I made a bootable diskette, but it only boots into DOS and
> I can't access the CDROM.
>
> ANY suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
> --
> Mark Gilmore
> Omnipotence (ECS home automation software)
> http://www.usit.com/omnip
> 423-745-0026

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