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Re: DOS development hardware?

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In article  <dd48a7bee833fcba148ac2a2537314c7@dizum.com>
           nobody@dizum.com "Nomen Nescio" writes:
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> Is having the two files you mentioned (OADCDROM.SYS, MSCDEX.EXE) enough to
> have the CD automatically recognized or is there something else to
> do.

You have to actually run MSCDEX, usually a line in autoexec.bat.

> Yesterday I installed DR-DOS 7.03 again in emulation and actually got
> some old compilers to run. I have to figure out how to organize stuff
> because I got my root directory full of tons of crap and finally gave up and
> need to start over. Anyway the instructions for getting a CD recognized by
> DR-DOS were more than I could deal with at the moment and since I couldn't
> remember how to organize stuff I scratched the system and will start
> over. I need to relearn how to organize a system so it's manangeable and
> clean and I also need to get CD support or ftp working so I can move stuff
> over.

Aim to keep the root dir as clear as possible; only a handful of files 
have to reside there (io.sys, msdos.sys or equivalents) plus config.sys 
and autoexec.bat assuming you'll want to use these two.  Everything 
else should be in subdirs -- even command.com can live in e.g. C:\DOS 
provided that the COMSPEC entry in config.sys defines it.  And whenever 
you install some new software, just add the necessary location to the 
PATH environment variable (for compilers you'll probably need to set 
up INCLUDE and LIB variables too).

Pete
-- 
   "We have not inherited the earth from our ancestors,
    we have borrowed it from our descendants."

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