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  • MSCDEX and cdrom...sys for vostro 3560

    From vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.co@21:1/5 to All on Sun Feb 26 20:13:30 2023
    Where do I get the right autoexec/config settings for the DVD drive for a
    Dell Vostro 3560?


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  • From Grant Taylor@21:1/5 to vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.co on Sun Feb 26 17:23:04 2023
    On 2/26/23 1:13 PM, vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com wrote:
    Where do I get the right autoexec/config settings for the DVD drive for a Dell Vostro 3560?

    Do you have the proper driver?

    I'd think that a generic CONFIG.SYS & AUTOEXEC.BAT entries like the
    following would work:

    CONFIG.SYS: DEVICE=DRIVER.SYS /D:CDDRIVE1
    AUTOEXEC.BAT: MSCDEX /D:CDDRIVE1

    Where DRIVER.SYS is replaced with the proper CD-ROM driver name & path
    thereto.



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  • From JJ@21:1/5 to vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.co on Tue Feb 28 01:12:05 2023
    On Sun, 26 Feb 2023 20:13:30 -0000 (UTC),
    vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com wrote:
    Where do I get the right autoexec/config settings for the DVD drive for a Dell Vostro 3560?

    Information on MSCDEX.EXE paramaters can be found below.

    https://www.easydos.com/mscdex.html

    The OAKCDROM.SYS which come with Windows 9x/ME should be universal for ATAPI based C/DVD drives. It's parameter can be found in below forum post.

    https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=755856#p755856

    But after disassembling the driver, I found that the /P switch has a third optional value 0 or 1, which I don't know what it is used for.

    IME, among other ATAPI C/DVD drivers, OAKCDROM.SYS is the most stable one
    and would work for many drives, although it's not the most efficient in
    memory usage.

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