As a rule it is not a good idea to connect a cd rom to the primary
controller i think it would be better to connect the cd-rom to the
(somewhat slower) secondary controller either as a master or a slave
(might need some experimenting) sometimes (dos) cd-rom drivers (maybe
also other device drivers) installed in the autoexec.bat and
config.sys can cause windows to go to DOS Compatibility mode but as
far as i know if a cd-rom driver is present in either of those files
windows will come up with a error message something in the line of
can't find a device....etc at startup.

Kees Kouwen.


  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Marshall Freedland
  Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 1999 3:28 AM
  Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] DOS COMPATIBILITY MODE


  "Marc E. Mosher" wrote:

  >   What happens is the CD-ROM stops working and when we check the
SYSTEM applet
  > in the control panel it says the system has been put into DOS
  > COMPATIBILITY MODE.

  I had/have a similar problem and people tell me that it's because I
have 4
  devices: 3 HDs and a CD.  I daisy-chained my Primary to the CD (they
'live' next
  to each other and it seemed easiest to go that way) and I had the
other 2 Maxtor
  HDs daisy-chained connecting to the mb.  This worked well for a
while but...  I
  am in DOS Compatibility Mode now.

  Ideas and help sincerely welcomed.

  --/\/\arshall

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