CD/CDRW/DVD
5. I need to get access to my cd when I boot from floppy
but my windows 95 boot disk doesn't do this. How do I create
a boot disk that does?
This is quite common and is quite easily done. First you
need to create a system disk which you can do in windows. Double
click the my computer icon and then right click on your floppy
drive and choose format from the popup menu. In the dialog box
check the box to copy system files so it will be a bootable
disk. Next you need to modify 2 files. The first is a file named
CONFIG.SYS and the second is a file named Autoexec.BAT.
First file to change is CONFIG.SYS. In windows
right click on the config.sys file and choose 'open with'
from the popup menu. In the dialog box that pops up choose
notepad (and ensure the box marked 'always use this program
to open this type of file' in unchecked). This will open the
file in notepad so that a line similar to:
device=A:\oakcdrom.sys /D:OEMCD001
can be added. The important thing about this line is that
the file oakcdrom.sys must exist in the stated location (in
this case the root directory). This file is the first part
of the CD rom driver. You will need to copy this file to the
floppy drive from it's location on your hard drive. (use the
normal windows search to locate it). Once this line has been
added then the file can be saved and the second file (Autoexec.BAT)
can be edited. Notepad will open this file directly provided
that you choose 'all files' in the files of type box. In this
file you will need a line similar to
MSCDEX.EXE /D:OEMCD001 /l:d
The first thing to note about this line is that the file
MSCDEX.EXE must exist on the floppy and it wil need to be
copied from your hard drive. It normally resides in the C:\windows\command
directory. The second point to note is that the part /D:OEMCD001
must be the same in both the config.sys and the autoexec.bat
files.
The final point is that the part /l:d means assign it drive
letter D which is fine if you only have 1 hard drive but will
need changing otherwise (best choice will be the same letter
as windows assigns). After you have saved this then when you
boot to floppy you should have access to your cd drive as
drive D (or whichever letter you assigned above if it was
different..
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