HP Book 2000/5700 manual To set up a PC card or parallel port CD-ROM drive

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To set up a PC card or parallel port CD-ROM drive

The general steps for setting up a PC card CD-ROM drive are as follows:

1.Copy the device drivers—from the installation software provided with the CD-ROM drive—to the Support Utility disk into the A:\tools directory.

2.Add the device=driver statements to the CONFIG.SYS file on the Support Utility disk. The device statements should immediately follow the [USERCD] label.

3.Check the AUTOEXEC.BAT file to make sure that the CD-ROM drive is assigned as drive G:.

Before the OmniBook can recognize the CD-ROM drive, you’ll need to edit the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files on the Support Utility disk. The required device-drivers statements come from the CD-ROM manufacturer.

What you’ll need from your CD-ROM manufacturer

1.The names of the device drivers to copy to the Support Utility disk.

2.The device=drivers statements to add the CONFIG.SYS file.

3.Statements that the CD-ROM drive may need to add to the AUTOEXEC.BAT file.

Both the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files contain comments that should help your CD-ROM manufacturer advise you in editing the files to meet the particular requirements for your device

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