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Re: CD ROM Question





On Sun, 12 May 1996, Kerry Lee High Jr wrote:

> rick.ho@utoronto.ca wrote:
> : On Sun, 12 May 1996 red.bug@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> : > I have a good question for you.....
> : > Executor will not read the Macintosh cd in windows 95....UNLESS:
> : > I boot in MS Dos mode. Then, it reads it fine. Any suggestions?
> : > Thanks! red.bug
> : Executor requires the MS CD-ROM Extension (MSCDEX) to read a Mac format 
> : CD, Windows 95 uses the new CDFS within the GUI.  When you boot or shell 
> : out to MS DOS mode, Win 95 switches back to MSCDEX to let you use the 
> : CD-ROM, that's why Executor can see Mac CDs only under MS DOS mode (not 
> : MS DOS session).
> Move the mscdex line from your DOSSTART.BAT file to your AUTOEXEC.BAT.
> 

That's true, by loading MSCDEX in autoexec.bat, you can read Mac CDs even 
under Windows 95 DOS sessions (in fact, that's what I'm doing). However, 
I believe MSCDEX can cause conflicts between MS CD extension and CDFS, 
and that's why Microsoft decided to have Win 95 move it to dosstart.bat 
in the first place.

The other way to do so is to remove CDFS and use solely MSCDEX.  This 
works perfectly and won't cause any conflicts. BUT Win 95 complains the 
CD drive is using real mode, not protected mode, theoretically slower.

:->
Rick


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