IBM 37L1388 manual 12 40X-17X Internal IDE CD-ROM Drive

your computer for additional details on selecting IDE performance modes. Many older computers will not have a selection of IDE performance modes.

The computer does not recognize the CD-ROM drive after the device drivers are loaded.

Check

for

incompatibilities

among

the

CD-ROM

device

driver

and

other

device

drivers

or other hardware in your

computer.

Create

a

System

Diskette

with

minimum

CONFIG.SYS

and

AUTOEXEC.BAT

system

files.

1.

Before

creating

special

CONFIG.SYS

and

AUTOEXEC.BAT

files,

make

a

backup

copy

of

these

files

in

a

convenient

directory,

(if

you

have

not

already

done

so).

Type

copy CONFIG.SYS CONFIG.IBM and press Enter.

Type

copy AUTOEXEC.BAT AUTOEXEC.IBM and press Enter.

2. Create a System Diskette and

copy

the

device

drivers

onto

it.

For

DOS

and

Microsoft

Windows

3.X:

a.

Insert

a

blank

diskette

into

drive

A.

b.

At

the

DOS

prompt,

type format a: /s

and

press

Enter.

The /s

parameter

creates

the

System

Diskette.

Follow

the

instructions

on

the

screen.

c.

When

the

format

process

completes,

copy

the

C:\IBMIDECD.SYS

and

C:\MSCDEX

files

from

the

hard

disk

to

the

System

Diskette.

d.

Using

a

text

editor,

create

a

minimum

CONFIG.SYS

system

file

on

the

System

Diskette

to

support

only

a

CD-ROM

drive.

The

following

procedure

uses

the

E

text

editor

to

create

the

CONFIG.SYS

file

from

the

A

prompt.

1)

Type

e config.sys

and

press

Enter.

2)

In

the

editor,

typelastdrive=z

and

press

Enter.

3)

Type

device=a:\ibmidecd.sys /d:ibmcd1

and

press

Enter.

4)

Save

the

CONFIG.SYS

file

and

exit

the

editor.

e.

Create

a

System

Diskette

to

support

only

a

CD-ROM

drive.

The

following

procedure

uses

the

E

text

editor

to

create

the

AUTOEXEC.BAT

file

from

the

A

prompt.

1)

Type

e autoexec.bat

and

press

Enter.

2)

Type

a:\mscdex /d:ibmcd1

/m:1

and press Enter.

3)

Save

the

AUTOEXEC.BAT

file

and

exit

the

editor.

3.

Turn

off

the

computer

and

check

that

the

System

Diskette

is

in

the

diskette

drive.

4.

Restart

the

computer

(the computer will start up

from

the

System

Diskette).

5.

Observe

the

startup

messages

and

check

that

the

device

driver,

IBMIDECD.SYS,

loads.

When

MSCDEX

loads,

observe

the

drive

letter

that

the

computer

assigns

to

the

CD-ROM

drive.

6.

Load

a

data

CD

into

the

CD

tray;

then

wait

until

the

busy

indicator

is

not lit.

7.

Attempt

to

read

the

CD

by

typingdir x:

where

x

is

the

CD-ROM

drive

assigned

after

the

MSCDEX

message.

If

the

computer

is

able

to

read

the

CD,

a

conflict

probably

exists

among

the

device

drivers

loaded

in

either

the

CONFIG.SYS

or

AUTOEXEC.BAT

files.

You

need

to resolve this device conflict. You

might

have

to

set

some

configuration

parameters for your installation; refer to

Appendix

A,

“Customizing device driver configuration settings”

on

page

3-1

for

more

information.

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