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4. Unless your CD-ROM access software specifies otherwise,
Microsoft’s CD-ROM Extension (MSCDEX.EXE) should
execute from the AUTOEXEC.BAT file in order to access your
drive. Add the following line to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file:
<PATH>MSCDEX /D:NAME
For example, if
DEVICE=C:<PATH>CDROM.SYS /D:MY_CD
is in CONFIG.SYS, then:
<PATH>MSCDEX /D:MY_CD
should be in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
5. Check installation instructions for the CD-ROM drive itself.
There may be other parameters necessary to include with
MSCDEX.
6. When MSCDEX is loaded during the AUTOEXEC.BAT file
execution, a message is returned assigning a drive letter to the
CD-ROM drive. For example:
DRIVE E = DRIVER MY_CD UNIT 0
This informs you that the CD-ROM drive is recognized and
ready for use.
Command Line Options
The CDROM.SYS device driver has one embedded function
available, which can be accessed via a switch on the command line.
Using the /ASK Option
This option prompts the user at initialization tune whether to load
CDROM.SYS or not. For example, the line in CONFIG.SYS that
loads CDROM.SYS would look like this:
DEVICE=C:<PATH>CDROM.SYS /D:MY_CD/ASK
