MANUAL INSTALLATION FOR DOS/WINOWS 3.1
You may also manually install the PD/CD-ROM device driver if the default
setting conflicts with your system. Perform the following procedure to
complete the manual installation.
1. Copy the files EXPCDI.EXE and NTLPD.SYS from the device driver disk
to your hard disk.
2. Add “
LASTDRIVE=Z
” to the TOP of your CONFIG.SYS file. If you already
have a LASTDRIVE line with a letter other than Z, change it to Z.
3. Add the following lines to the BOTTOM of your CONFIG.SYS file:
DEVICE=
drive:\path
\EXPCDI.EXE /P:1 /I:15 /D:MSCD001
DEVICE=
drive:\path
\NTLPD.SYS /P:1 /I:15
where
drive:\path
specifies the directory containing the file EXPCDI.EXE.
Note: If your CONFIG.SYS file is already loaded with PCMCIA software,
such as Cardsoft of SystemSoft or Cardtalk of Databook, it is necessary to
add the above line AFTER the PCMCIA software. Otherwise, the PCMCIA
interface card will not be initialized properly. To make sure if any PCMCIA
software has been loaded in your system and to know more about
PCMCIA(PC Card), please refer to the section titled “PCMCIA Software
Information”.
EXPCDI.EXE and NTLPD.SYS are the device driver for the PD Traveler.
The parameters are described as below:
/P
is used to set the I/O ports, and the valid numbers are 1, 2, and 3. Each
number represents the I/O port pairs of (170-177, 376-377); (1E8-1EF,
3EE-3EF), and (168-16F, 36E-36F) respectively. The default setting is
/P:1
.
/I
is used to set the IRQ number. The valid IRQs are 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, and
15, and the default setting is
/I:15
.
/D
is used to set the device name. It can be any name up to 8 characters.
This name must be the same as the name you will specify in the
MSCDEX.EXE option /D: name in the next step.
4.
Add the following line at the TOP of your AUTOEXEC.BAT:
drive:\path
\MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD001 /M:4
where
drive:\path
specifies the DOS directory or the directory containing the
file MSCDEX.EXE.
Note: If your AUTOEXEC.BAT file loads a menu program such as
DOSSHELL or Windows, you have to add the above line to start your menu
program. Otherwise, MSCDEX will not have a chance to load before your
menu program begins.
The example above shows the default setting. The
/D:
switch indicates the
device name. It MUST be the same name as you specified by the
/D:
switch of EXPCDI.EXE in your CONFIG.SYS file. The
/M:
switch indicates
how much memory to allocate for caching information on the CD-ROM. The
default
/M:4
caches 8KB.
For more information about the switches of MSCDEX, please type “
help
MSCDEX
” at the DOS prompt.
5.
Now, reboot your computer to activate the CD-ROM drive.
