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Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2001 10:11 am Post subject:

Stan - you need to load a series of ASPI DOS drivers, then a generic SCSI CD-ROM driver. I have the files at home, so I'll zip and email them later tonight.

Also, you can go to http://www.bootdisks.com and download a Win95 boot disk image with SCSI drivers already included. Very generic, but can be enough to get you out of a tight spot when you lose your boot disk.

Rogue

Big Dog Joined: 20 Oct 2000 Posts: 3689 Location: USA

Stan,

I'd follow rogue's advice there

without knowing what scsi adapter you're using and what cd-rom there's almost no way for me to guess which version of the aspix.dos driver you need or which generic scsicd_rom.sys file to point you too

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Stray Dog Joined: 19 Jul 2001 Posts: 3 Location: USA

Hello everyone, i recently read the article this article and decided to make my own boot disk. When I tried testing it, i got an error message when i tried to do a p:/dir/w to access files on the from the cd. I tried both the strings that the article suggested for the config.sys file. The error message was to the effect of unable to access, with options to Abort, Retry, or Fail. Can anyone help me out with this problem please. I seem to be confuzzled as to it's solution. The strings that i tried for the config.sys file are

1. REM ----------------------IDE CD ROM ------------------------
DEVICE=A:\OAKCDROM.SYS /D:MSCD001 /P:170,15
REM DEVICE=A:\OAKCDROM.SYS /D:MSCD001 /P:1F0,14

2. REM ---------------------------IDE CD ROM -------------------------------
REM DEVICE=A:\OAKCDROM.SYS /D:MSCD001 /P:170,15
DEVICE=A:\OAKCDROM.SYS /D:MSCD001 /P:1F0,14

I would appreciate any help on this problem of mine. Thanks.

Edited by - asken on 07/19/2001 19:15:40

Big Dog Joined: 18 Oct 2000 Posts: 4410

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Hello everyone, i recently read the article this article and decided to make my own boot disk. When I tried testing it, i got an error message when i tried to do a p:/dir/w to access files on the from the cd. I tried both the strings that the article suggested for the config.sys file. The error message was to the effect of unable to access, with options to Abort, Retry, or Fail. Can anyone help me out with this problem please. I seem to be confuzzled as to it's solution. The strings that i tried for the config.sys file are

1. REM ----------------------IDE CD ROM ------------------------
DEVICE=A:\OAKCDROM.SYS /D:MSCD001 /P:170,15
REM DEVICE=A:\OAKCDROM.SYS /D:MSCD001 /P:1F0,14

2. REM ---------------------------IDE CD ROM -------------------------------
REM DEVICE=A:\OAKCDROM.SYS /D:MSCD001 /P:170,15
DEVICE=A:\OAKCDROM.SYS /D:MSCD001 /P:1F0,14

I would appreciate any help on this problem of mine. Thanks.

Edited by - asken on 07/19/2001 19:15:40

What kind of CDRom have thee?

IDE?
SCSI?
BRAND?

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Butt Sniffer Joined: 24 Oct 2000 Posts: 1545 Location: USA

Try this:
Config.sys
DEVICE=a:\aoatapi.sys /D:CDROM
Autoexec.bat
a:\mscdex.exe /D:CDROM /L Razz

Download the file "Aoatapi.sys here http://www.chill-a-hz.com/Arts/aoatapi.sys
THis is the .sys file I have used on lots of different IDE Cdroms.
If you have a SCSI cdrom then browse your Driver disk on a readme for what .sys file to use to load the Cdrom driver.

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Stray Dog Joined: 19 Jul 2001 Posts: 3 Location: USA

Thank you for replying. I have a Hitachi brand IDE DVD Rom drive. I'll give that a shot Artstar thanks.

Big Dog Joined: 20 Oct 2000 Posts: 3689 Location: USA

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i got an error message when i tried to do a p:/dir/w to access files on the from the cd.

first type this:

p:

then enter

then type this:

dir /w

i think you may b e getting the syntax wrong when you're typing it out

let us know if you find anything else out

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Moderator Joined: 26 May 2001 Posts: 8155 Location: Borneo

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first type this:

p:

then enter

then type this:

dir /w

i think you may b e getting the syntax wrong when you're typing it out

let us know if you find anything else out

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dir p Undecided

/w would be the more likely candidate. But the dos ain't my forte

Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2001 6:30 am Post subject:

Is this what you're trying to do?

dir/p/w

It displays the directory one page at a time in wide format.

- Ed.

- grommit

Moderator Joined: 26 May 2001 Posts: 8155 Location: Borneo

Quote:

Is this what you're trying to do?

dir/p/w

It displays the directory one page at a time in wide format.

- Ed.

- :grommit:

partition p: is a bit unusual so you could be right

Stray Dog Joined: 19 Jul 2001 Posts: 3 Location: USA

Well According to the article, it sets the Cd-rom directory as p: . so when i attempted to test that directory with just p:dir i got the error message.

Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2001 1:40 pm Post subject:

I just thought I would drop a note about himem.sys and scandisk. In the article you have included scandisk on the boot disk, but not himem.sys. Scandisk(At least the win98se version) will not run without himem.sys loaded. To load himem.sys, include the file on the boot disk, and add the line "device=himem.sys" to your config.sys file.

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Stray Dog Joined: 06 Aug 2001 Posts: 1 Location: USA

Funny...when I click on "Create Disk" in the Control Panel/Add or Remove Programs/ Startup Disk, I get a message that states:
"Drive A is not a floppy disk drive or is mapped to a network drive. Setup cannot create a startup disk."

WTF?!

Big Dog Joined: 20 Oct 2000 Posts: 3689 Location: USA

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Funny...when I click on "Create Disk" in the Control Panel/Add or Remove Programs/ Startup Disk, I get a message that states:
"Drive A is not a floppy disk drive or is mapped to a network drive. Setup cannot create a startup disk."

WTF?!

that's damn weird

1) does the floppy drive work for normal read/writes

2) is the floppy drive restricted thru your logon policy

3) is the drive a floppy or maybe an LS120 that's mis reporting to bios

4) is the bios set for the right drive type for the floppy you have

that's all i could think of for now, but will at least be a place to start

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Stray Dog Joined: 09 Aug 2001 Posts: 1

Brian I run Win98 se and when I follow the instrutions you have on making a boot disk i don't get the same pictures as you present in your article on how to make a boot disk.In step 2 when I open a explorer window it does not show me the same things you have checked in your picture.What should I check under view in win 98 SE?Also My tab does not say like current window it says like current folder. I'm a little confused. Also can I copy the Windows/Cabs Folder in windows to another drive and reinstall win 98 on this Dell machine without putting all the Dell crap back on hard drive from restore CD?

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