From: Aryeh Goretsky (goretsky_at_adelphia.net)
Date: Wed Oct 09 2002 - 18:47:32 EDT
Hello,
Try adding the following to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file to get MSCDEX.EXE
working on your ThinkPad:
MSCDEX.EXE /D:PCMCD001 /E: /M:10
The /D:PCMCD001 is the name of the CD-ROM drive (specified in the
PCMCD20X.SYS device driver line in the CONFIG.SYS file).
The /E option tells MSCDEX to use expanded memory if it is available
(e.g., you are loading EMM386.EXE or some other expanded memory
manager).
The /M:10 option creates a buffer in memory for the CD-ROM. I
believe each "unit" is 1.5KB, so specifying a value of 10 means
15KB will be allocated for buffering.
Here is the URL for a Microsoft Knowledge Base article explaining
all the options for MSCDEX.EXE:
<http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q87165&>
Regards,
Aryeh Goretsky
At 12:17 PM 10/9/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2002 15:39:34 -0400
>From: "Bruce Markowitz" <scosgt_at_worldnet.att.net>
>To: "Eddy" <yardbird_at_satx.rr.com>, <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
>Subject: Re: Trouble installing WIN 98 on TP 560Z with external CD-ROM
>Message-Id: <001301c26f02$75e2a2c0$c35a580c_at_600e400>
>
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>You need to install MSCDEX.EXE in the autoexec.bat file
>don't ask me the syntax, I don't know, maybe you can modify it from a
>Win98 boot disk
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:yardbird_at_satx.rr.com>Eddy
>To: <mailto:thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu
>Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 12:09 PM
>Subject: Trouble installing WIN 98 on TP 560Z with external CD-ROM
>
>Hello,
>
>I received a TP 560Z and wanted to do a clean install of WIN 98. The
>problem is that I have the external 8X-20X IBM CD-ROM drive and can t
>access it from DOS. I found the following posting
>(<http://zurich.ai.mit.edu/hypermail/thinkpad/2001-02/0017.html>http://zurich.ai.mit.edu/hypermail/thinkpad/2001-02/0017.html)
>and followed it to the letter. The drivers are all the same so I
>installed them to the default directory. I then copied what is on that
>posting into Notepad and replaced the config.sys file on a WIN 98 boot
>floppy. I did have to replace the last line because it read:
>
>DEVICEHIGH=\CD20X\PCMCD20X.SYS /I:10 /P:260 /D:PCMCD001
>and should have read:
>DEVICEHIGH=C:\CD20X\PCMCD20X.SYS /I:10 /P:260 /D:PCMCD001.
>
>The machine was telling me I was getting an error on that line until I
>changed that. So when I rebooted the computer, it gives me this:
>
>The Device Drive system installed 04 drive(s): D: -- G:
>
>After that I get this:
>
>IBM 8X/20X PCMCIA CD-ROM Device Driver Version 1.02
>Copyright © IBM Corp. 1995-1997. All rights reserved
>Device Name = PCMCD001
>Device Driver was installed successfully.
>
>Then I get Device Driver not found: BANANA .
>No valid CDROM device drivers selected
>
>And then I get the a: prompt
>
>Please, Please, PLEASE can someone help. Ok, with my lack of experience,
>I probably should have left the damn thing alone.
>
>Much Thanks,
>
>Eddy Mata
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