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- This device driver empty-cd.exe simulates a cd-rom that is always empty. It
- can be used with FakeDr on computers where no cd-rom drive is present and
- therefore MSCDEX will normally not load. It can also be used when booting
- into Win 95 MS-DOS mode because a DOS cd-rom driver may not be available.
-
- It can be started from within config.sys if it is needed on a permanent
- basis (like on portable computer without cd-rom drive) or from the
- DOS prompt at any time.
-
- Command line options:
- /D:<Name> gives the name of the cd-rom device driver, default is
- MSCD001
-
- /N:<Number> gives the number of subunits, so more than 1 empty drive
- can be simulated at once, default is 1
-
-
- A typical entry in config.sys would look like
-
- devicehigh=c:\tools\empty-cd.exe /D:EMPTY-CD
-
- and the corresponding MSCDEX line in autoexec.bat could be
-
- lh c:\dos\mscdex /D:EMPTY-CD
-
-
- If started from the DOS prompt, empty-cd and MSCDEX could be loaded to-
- gether in a batch file like
-
- lh c:\tools\empty-cd /D:EMPTY-CD
- lh c:\dos\mscdex /D:EMPTY-CD
-
-
- If you have problems regarding empty-cd.exe, send mail to
-
- nfa506@hp710.math.uni-rostock.de
-
- Ingo Warnke
-