CD-ROM User's Guide
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Software Installation
/d: Specifies the device name of the CD-ROM drive.
The driver1 parameter must match the param-
eter specified by the /D switch on the
CONFIG.SYS command that starts the corre-
sponding CD-ROM device driver.
The MSCDEX command must include at least
one /D switch. To install additional CD-ROM
device drivers, specify an additional /D switch
for each device driver.
/l:
Specifies the drive letter of the first CD-ROM
drive. If you have more than one CD-ROM
drive, MS-DOS assigns additional CD-ROM
drives subsequent available drive letters.
/m: Specifies the number of sector buffers.
/e
Specifies that the CD-ROM driver use expanded
memory, if available, to store sector buffers.
/k
Specifies that MS-DOS should recognize CD-
ROM volumes encoded in Kanji. By default,
MS-DOS does not recognize Kanji CD-ROM
volumes.
/s
Enables sharing of CD-ROM drives on MS-
NET or Windows for Workgroups servers.
/v
Directs MSCDEX to display memory statistics
when it starts.
The following syntax is used for the CDD.SYS device
driver:
device = [drive:\] [path\] cdd.sys /d:device_name
[/p:nnn] [/m:x] [/i:n] [/v]
The parameters are defined as follows:
[drive:\] [path\] specifies the drive and path name
where you copied the CDD.SYS file.
