problems building new system .. "not ready reading drive d"

[SOONER]

I am building a new system and when I try to install Win 98 after formatting I get the message "CDR101 : not ready reading drive d".
This has a CDRW in it, shouldnt it just be recognized as a regular cd rom and go ahead and read my win 98 cd. What could be giving me this error? Thanks

 

[MichaelD]

Win98 cannot boot from a CDR without the CDR drivers. These are contained on your Win98 boot disk. If you don't have one, Go Here. for all your bootdisk needs. Hope this helps.

 

[SOONER]

I have a win 98 boot disk. It is loading standard Oak Tech. drivers. Is it different for a CDRW?

 

[igowerf]

Is the CDRW formatted or is it just a plain burned CD? I've used burned discs in DOS before and it works fine. You only need drivers for the CD-ROM. If the CDRW is formatted (using something like DirectCD or InCD), however, you'll need special drivers to read it.

 

[SOONER]

The disk is an original Win 98 CD. The cdrom is a cdrw. I guess my question is do I need a different driver for a cdrw player?

 

[MichaelD]

No, not for loading the OS purposes. Once you're rig is up and running, you'll need the burning software (EZ CD Creator,Nero, etc) to burn, but for bootup purposes it's just a regular CD Rom. Any generic CDR drivers will do.