Why can't I see both cdrom drives in DOS?

[de8212]

I can see my CDRW (G but not my DVDrom (F. I booted with the Win98 setup disc in A: and chose Start with CDROM support. It installed the drivers for my cdrw but not my DVDROM. What can I do?
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[obenton]

The cdrom driver file in config.sys, and mscdex.exe in autoexec.bat, must be edited if you want to install a second cdrom drive.

 

[de8212]

thanks.
How do I find out exactly how to do that?
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[AKA]

What do you have in your autoexec.bat and config.sys now?

 

[de8212]

Sorry it took me long to respond. The following is in my autoexec.bat
SET PATH=C:\IBMTOOLS;C:\PROGRA~1\SYMANTEC\PCANYW~1

Config.sys is empty.

What can I do?

BTW, not sure why it posted smile things in my original thread here????

 

[LordEdmond]

Autoexec.bat
\MSCDEX.EXE /D:cd1 /D:cd2

Config.sys
DEVICE = oakcdrom.sys /D:cd1
DEVICE = oakcdrom.sys /D:cd2



I think this should work

 

[de8212]

Hmmm. I'll try that as soon as I get a chance. So since my cd drives are F and G I don't need to notate that anywhere in the autoexec ar config.sys?
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[LordEdmond]

if your worried include " lastdrive=z" without the quotes in the config.sys file
make it the first line

 

[de8212]

What will that do, Lord?
(That seemed kind of weird typing that)

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[LordEdmond]

the line lastdrive=z will reserve all the drive letters a to z for the drives ( gives plenty of scope but you could use lastdrive=h this gives a to h) its just a precaution

Blackadder rules

 

[de8212]

OK, something just isn't right. I added the lines to autoexec but it didn't work. I'm not sure what's going on but I can't even see my G drive now. When i booted from the Win98 floppy and chose to start with cdrom support everything seemed to do fine. But the very next time I booted into DOS it isn't there.
ARRRRRRGGG.
Let's start over if possible. How can I get my drive to be recognized in DOS?
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[bacillus]

<< How can I get my drive to be recognized in DOS? >>


though it may seem unlikely for a newish dvd drive, perhaps you need a specific dos driver for your drive vs the generic oakcdrom.sys dos drivers on the startup disk!

 

[obenton]

Because the win98 startup floppy has a boot menu, where you make the edits becomes significant.

For config.sys, the IDE section is as follows:
[IDE]
device=himem.sys /testmemff
device=emm386.exe noems
dos=high,umb
devicehigh=oakcdrom.sys /D:mscd001
rem oakcdrom is generic IDE (Atapi) driver

For a second cdrom, you must edit the oakcdrom.sys line by adding /D:mscd002

For autoexec.bat, the cdrom line is:
LH %ramd%:\MSCDEX.EXE /D:mscd001 /L:%CDROM%

Edit this line, for the second cdrom, by adding /D:mscd002

The parameter /L:%CDROM% assigns the first available letter to the first cdrom drive, and the second drive takes the next letter. If you want your cdroms to come up as F: and G:, you can edit this parameter, but I'd suggest you not do it because F: might not be available. If this doesn't work for your DVD drive, it would be, as was pointed out, because the generic oakcdrom device driver doesn't support it, and you'll have to add its specific device driver to the config.sys file on a separate line just beneath the oadcdrom device driver. If this is the case, let us know and someone will explain how to do it. Don't worry about lastdrive=z because it's already on the startup floppy.

 

[obenton]

... and by the way, just to avoid confusion, the edits takes place on the startup floppy.

 

[de8212]

Obenton. Thanks
I guess I'm still not with it. SO I have to add the lines to my config.sys and autoexec.bat which are located on my Startup disk, right? Well my startup disk doesn't have a config.sys file. ANd I can't figure out how t oadd any line to autoexec.bat. CAn you (or anyone else) give me extremely basic steps on how to do this?
Like I said before, the last time I booted with my startup disc in the a: drive, I could see one cdrom. BUt the next time I booted into DOS (without the disk in the A: drive) it said &quot;invalid path&quot; or whatever. I couldn't see any cdrom drive.
I just want to get one working properly and then I'll try ot add the other.
BTW I have a Yamaha 4416 CDRW (G:. It was actually the one being seen in DOS originally) and a Pioneer 104s DVD drive.
Thanks for the help.
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[cybrphreak]

DE-

boot into windows fully and pop in the boot disk. Open windows explorer and right click on the autoexec.bat file. Choose the edit option. This should open the file in your default text editor (notepad). add and remove lines as necessary. save the file. the Win98 boot cd compresses some files and extracts them to a ram drive. I'm pretty sure the config.sys file is on the root of the disk and not in the compressed .cab file. You can take a look into the .cab file with Winzip though if you need to. Also, you can make a config.sys file yourself in notepad. Just open a new file and add the appropriate lines save as config.sys

HTH

-Cybr

 

[Cabn]

I'm not sure if this would be much help but I used a WinME boot disk and it saw both my CD and CDRW drive. If you could get your hands on one try that.