Here's a link to the actual driver page.
http://www.panasonic.com/industrial_oem/computer/drivers/drivers_default.htm

It sounds like you're on the right track with the driver issue.

Glen Sagers

Gary Kaucher wrote:

> I am trying to help a friend get a CD-ROM to work on a Packard Bell Axcel
> 350CD so I can install Windows 98. My Windows 98 Bootdisk doesn't work so I
> did fdisk and format, and installed DOS 6.22. Then I used some software
> that I downloaded from http://www.bootdisk.com to try and get the CD-ROM to
> work in DOS. I was able to use one of the drivers (Matsushita) to recognize
> D: ,but unfortunately when I insert a CD into the CD-ROM, I am unable to
> change directories or do anything. Nothing happens when I try to make the
> CD do anything. It just "freezes" with no error messages.
>
> I figure that maybe I should check the jumpers on the CD-ROM and HDD to see
> if they are set propperly. Here is what I found:
>
> The HDD is a Seagate Medalist Model ST3491A connected via ribbon cable to
> the PCI IDE connector (J22) and it's jumper is set as a standalone master.
> The documentation indicates that this would make J22 the primary connector.
> Nothing else is connected to this ribbon cable.
>
> The CD-ROM is a  Matsushita-Kotobuki Model CR-572-B manufactured February,
> 1995. It is connected via ribbon cable to the IDE connector (J23) and it's
> jumper is set as master.
>
> Since I was able to switch from  the C: drive to the D: drive, I thought
> that maybe I was on the right track here and that the driver was OK, since
> the CD-ROM was recognized. Does the fact that one connector is called a
> "PCI IDE" connector, and the other is called an "IDE" have something to do
> with my preddicament? Any help appreciated.
>
> Gary

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