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- THE CORELSCSI CD-ROM DRIVER
- ===========================
-
- POSSIBLE PROBLEMS
- -----------------
-
- When using the Test option of the CDTOOLS utility, a SEEK or
- READ test error may occur for some CD-ROM drives. The table of
- contents for the CD specifies the number of data sectors within
- the CD's data track. If a discrepancy of more than 20% exists
- between the table of contents value and the actual number of
- written sectors, the SEEK and/or READ test fails. If this
- occurs, retry the Test option with another data CD.
-
- CD-ROM EXTENSIONS FOR WINDOWS
- -----------------------------
-
- If you're using a CD-ROM drive with Windows 3.0 or later, you
- require either CorelCDX version 1.0 or MSCDEX. These programs
- provide the CD-ROM extensions required to read the CD format.
-
- Several versions of MSCDEX are available. If you use a version
- of MSCDEX prior to 2.20, your Windows README.TXT files recommend
- that you add the following line to the [386Enh] section of your
- SYSTEM.INI file before using CD-ROM extensions:
-
- device=LANMAN10.386
-
- If the expanded LANMAN10.386 file isn't located in your Windows
- directory, you can copy it from your Windows version 3.0
- diskettes.
-
- To copy and expand the LANMAN10.386 file
-
- 1. Copy EXPAND.EXE from your Windows diskettes to your
- Windows directory.
-
- 2. Enter the following at the DOS prompt to expand and copy
- the LANMAN10.386 file to your Windows directory:
-
- EXPAND A:LANMAN10.386 C:\WINDOWS
-
- Where A is the drive in which you've inserted the Windows
- diskette that contains the LANMAN10.386 file. C:\WINDOWS
- is the default drive and directory where Windows is stored.
-
- If you use MSCDEX version 2.20 or later, remove the
- "device=LANMAN10.386" line -- it may cause some CD-ROM drives
- to time-out and fail.
-
- Before you start Windows, activate the drive by typing the
- following at the DOS prompt:
-
- dir <drive>:
-
- where "<drive>" is the drive letter for the CD-ROM drive.
-
- EXPANDED MEMORY AND CORELCDX
- ----------------------------
-
- If you're using CorelCDX and an expanded memory manager such
- as EMM386.EXE, the installation adds the following switch to
- the CORELCDX device statement in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file:
-
- /E:3
-
- This switch places CorelCDX, data, and cache buffers into
- expanded memory. Only a minimal amount of code is left in
- conventional memory.
-
- In rare cases, this default switch may cause problems when you
- try to access the CD-ROM drive. Some applications loaded in
- expanded memory may create memory conflicts when trying to
- access cache buffers that are also loaded in expanded memory.
- If you experience problems, replace the /E:3 switch with the
- following:
-
- /E
-
- This switch loads only the cache buffers into expanded memory.
-
- UNSUPPORTED MSCDEX COMMAND LINE SWITCHES
- ----------------------------------------
-
- The following MSCDEX command line switches are NOT supported
- by CorelCDX:
-
- /V - verbose mode to display information during boot up
-
- /S - patch to allow sharing of CD-ROM drives on MS-NET
- based servers
-
- /K - force selection of shift-JIS Kanji Supplemental Volume
- Descriptors
-
- For more information about supported MSCDEX command line
- switches read CORELCDX.TXT after you've installed the software.
-
- WINDOWS FOR WORKGROUPS USERS
- ----------------------------
-
- CorelCDX doesn't support Windows for Workgroups. If you plan to
- use Windows for Workgroups, you require MSCDEX version 2.21 or
- later; this is provided with Windows for Workgroups. CorelSCSI
- drivers work with MSCDEX.
-
- Once you've installed MSCDEX, replace the CorelCDX device line
- statement in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file with the MSCDEX device line
- statement. Replace this statement:
-
- C:\CORELDRV\CORELCDX /M:10 /D:MSCD000
-
- with this statement:
-
- C:\WINDOWS\MSCDEX /V /M:10 /S /D:MSCD000
-
- The /S switch in the MSCDEX device line statement lets you use
- Windows for Workgroups.
-
-
-