Greetings Jaime, et. al.--
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> When i boot from floppy A:, i get:
>verifying dmi pool data
>Starting windows 95
>UsDrives ide bus cd-rom device driver version 1.97
>Unit 0  base address 170 drive 0  device version=tw240d  1.10
>Using 32bits access
>Device driver name=cd003
>cd-rom driver installed

This tells me that you have the right driver (loaded from a:\config.sys)
present on your boot floppy, and that it is being loaded.
Your problem seems to be an unfinished mscdex.exe line in your
a:\autoexec.bat . . . More below
>
> A:\>mscdex.exe
> Usage: mscedex [/e/k/s/v] [/d:<driver>... ] [/L:<letter>] [/M:<buffers>]

>>Now, i believe some of that info above is to be put in config.sys and/or
>>autoexec.bat, but don't know exactly where..
Exactly. After mscdex.exe (which, by the way can be preceded by lh or
loadhigh), you need to 'tell it' what driver to use and what drive letter.
Based on the syntax instructions above, this should read:
    a:\>lh mscdex.exe /d:cd003 /l:d.
You may also want to add /m:12 in order to provide buffer space for some of
the data as it is read from the disk (I'm not real clear on buffers and how
they work with CD-ROMs and interact with other system resources. 12 is just
a fairly universal [spelled t-y-p-i-c-a-l] number used in many setups.).
This would make the line read as follows:
    a:\>lh mscdex.exe /d:cd003 /l:d /m:12
>
>What i have in config.sys
> Device=himem.sys
> Device=usdide.sys

This is fine, assuming himem.sys is present on the floppy. Based on the boot
up message, usdide.sys is present and functioning.
>
>What i have in autoexec.bat is:
>mscdex.exe.

See above.
>
>When i ask for drive d:, i get invalid drive specification
>
Modifying the mscdex.exe line in autoexec.bat as shown above should cure
this.

HTH,

Paul A. Shippert  Library/Media Specialist  Margaret Brent Middle School
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