IBM 37L1388 Will Set This Value to, Value for, With no, Adversely, Large, Requirements Instructs

CDSETUP

will

set

this

value to

10.

The

default

value for

MSCDEX

with no

/M

parameter

is

4.

The

greater

this

value,

the

better

the

CD-ROM

drive

will

perform.

However,

each

buffer

uses

about

2 KB

of

memory,

and

specifying

too

many

buffers

might

slow

down

your

computer

or

interfere

with

other

programs

that

have

large

memory-usage

requirements.

Using

expanded

memory

(see

the

/E

option

in this

section)

or

loading MSCDEX.EXE

into

high

memory

(refer

to

your

DOS

user

manual

or

memory

manager

user

manual)

might

allow

you

to

specify

a

larger

number

of

buffers

to

enhance

CD-ROM

performance

without

adversely

affecting

programs

that

have

large

memory-usage

requirements.

/E

Instructs

the computer to use expanded memory, if available. For example:

C:\MSCDEX.EXE /D:IBMCD1

/E

Note

that

you

must

first

load

an

expanded

memory

device

driver

before

using

this

option.

If

no

expanded-memory

device

driver

is

loaded,

the

following

error

message

appears:

Expanded Memory not present or not usable.

/V

Instructs

the

computer

to

display

a summary

of

RAM

allocation

and

expanded

memory

usage

at

startup

time.

/L: driveletter

Specifies

the

drive

letter

to

be

assigned

to

the first CD-ROM

drive.

Do

not

assign

a

letter

already

used

by

an

existing

drive

or

your

computer

will

be unable

to access the CD-ROM drive. For example, you might use:

C:\MSCDEX.EXE /D:IBMCD1

/L:F

Normally,

the

CD-ROM

drive

is

assigned

to

the

next

available

drive

letter

after

devices

such

as

diskette

drives

and

hard

disk

drives. Therefore,

use

this

option

only if

you

wish

to

assign

a

drive

letter

beyond

the

last

letter

previously

assigned

by

DOS.

/K

Instructs

MSCDEX.EXE

to

use

Kanji

(Japanese)

file structures,

if

present,

rather

than

the

default

alphanumeric

file

structures.

/S

Instructs MSCDEX.EXE to allow sharing of CD-ROM drives on networked computers.

3-4 40X-17X Internal IDE CD-ROM Drive