Need Help Installing CDROM Drivers in DOS on old 486

[sblake]

I am trying to get an old 486 running to donate to Senior Citizens for an email machine. I formatted the drive because it had Linux on it. I can't get it to laod the CDROM drivers. I get these error messages:

Interface card or CD-ROM is wrongly connected

CD-ROM driver is not installed

Device driver not found: MSCD001

No valid CDROM device drivers selected

I have checked all the cables and tried different ones. Reversed them and the tray opens when I boot. I've checked the Auitoexec.bat lines and the Config.sys lines over and over. Thelight comes on when I boot and the tray will open and shut. The error messages indicate all the things I've checked. Is it possible to get these messages if the CD Drive itslef is bad?

Or any suggestions as to the problem?

 

[bacillus]

have you tried using a win98 startup floppy which has generic cdrom drivers included?
I'm assuming that the cdrom doesn't connect thru the sound card which was common on some older pcs!

 

[sblake]

Yes I have tried a 98 startup disk with generic drivers and it is the type that connects through the sound card.

 

[Peter]

If it's sound card connected, then you need the original, vendor supplied driver for that thing, copy them to the W98 setup boot disk, and modify both the config.sys and drvcopy.inf files to use that driver.

regards, Peter

 

[sblake]

I've tried this but I get the same error messages. Back to my original question. Can a bad CDROM drive cause these error messages and prevent the drivers from loading?

 

[crypticlogin]

Originally posted by: sblake
I've tried this but I get the same error messages. Back to my original question. Can a bad CDROM drive cause these error messages and prevent the drivers from loading?

It might. But how about more info on your setup? Drive model? A listing of your config and autoexec?

 

[sblake]

Thanks for the help. I have resolved the problem. It was a bad CDROM drive that was causing the drivers not to load.