driver conflict

[cnd1026]

im trying to install a driver for the cd rom in dos the startup disk is not installing the driver. im reinstalling an operating system in a old pc 486dx i got the driver for the cd rom on a floppy i downloaded how do itake care of this problem?

[Robert M]

Basically the driver must be copied to your startup diskette and you need a file called MSCDEX.EXE placed on your startup diskette too. After that the config.sys on the startup floppy should be created or modified by editing it. The modification must include a reference to the CDROM driver, which will be on your diskette after you copy it there. After that the AUTOEXEC.BAT file needs to reference the MSCDEX.EXE file to load it also at boot time. For more information on how to do this see VERNON's reply in this link: http://discussions.virtualdr.com/Forum7/HTML/001517.html

[Eeyore]

You, of course, need the correct driver for the CDROM. If it is an IDE/ATAPI CDROM most IDE drivers will work. If it is an SCSI or a propriety type CDROM you need more specific drivers.

Is the correct driver for your CDROM on the floppy boot disk? This will usually be a .sys file such as cddriver.sys. The line will have a /d:xxxxx (the x's are a name or number). An example would be:
device=cddriver.sys /d:mscd001
If this is there and it loads, you also need the file mscdex.exe on the disk. In the AUTOEXEC.BAT you should find a line:
mscdex /d:mscd001
There may be additional switches. The name mscd001 must match the name in the CONFIG.SYS file for the CDROM driver.

See DOS CDROM (http://www.geocities.com/politalk/cdrom/cddos.htm) for more.
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[This message has been edited by Eeyore (edited 11-26-2001).]