Hi, Gordon.  Win98 should recognize the Panasonic CR562-B drive, but
won't if the sound card does not have the proprietary interface enabled
"prior" to booting Win98.  Make sure you have the sound card drivers for the
card installed in "DOS mode" (CONFIG.SYS / AUTOEXEC.BAT), so it will enable
the interface before Windows loads.

    The Panasonic website has the latest driver info for the CR562-B drive
for Windows 95 (and 98?), so you may want to download it.

    In regards to your 486 "SX"... you should seriously consider upgrading
to a Pentium class MB, for at least 2 reasons:  1.) Windows 98 will like it
much better (faster), 2.) It is highly unlikely that "SX" board is Y2K
compliant.  I can buy a "brand new" Pentium class (AT) board, capable of
handling a 90 - 233 mhz processor - for only $55.00!  That's retail price,
not dealer.  It may not be the most recommended board, but almost anyone
would recommend it over keeping any 486 MB.  I'm sure there's someone here
who may even have an older Pentium class board - with CPU - they'd be
willing to sell for a good price!

    Assuming you are allowed to ask about "buying" one on the list, make
sure you request the replies to be made private, so as not to clutter the
list server.

    - Ken

Computer Advantage Technologies
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-----Original Message-----
From: Gordon Tyler <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Monday, May 10, 1999 3:28 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] dos,linux,& cdrom


>Hi. I'm trying to install win98 from cd onto this old system.
>I want to have just 2 OS on the system: Win98 & Linux.
>
>The harddrive is eide 8.4 GB on a 486sx33 with 32 MB RAM.
>Drive c: is DOS 6.00 & 509 MB in size. The extended partition
>has been formatted with Red Hat Linux 5.2 into about 8 partitions,
>filling the rest of the drive.
>
>I use System Commander to manage the 2 OS. Linux operates the
>cd drive without problems. The cd drive is a Panasonic CR562B
>hooked to a Soundblaster 16 Value card, CT2770.
>
>I tried the Oak unidriver but it didn't identify the drive.
>
>I think I have the right driver from Panasonic & have installed
>it on a win98 boot diskette & have written the path in config.sys.
>
>During bootup with the diskette, the cdrom is identified, but
>I can't find what drive letter it is; all drives after c: are
>shown as "invalid drive specification" from d: to z:.
>(a: & b: are floppy drives).
>
>Do I require some instruction line for autoexec.bat also?
>
>Is there a way to access the cdrom drive, or do I have to reconfigure
>the harddrive in a different way, e.g. move Linux to a separate
>partition vs. being on extended c:? In other words, reformat the
>drive & reinstall Linux afterwards?
>
>Thanks again for continued solutions on the list to my hobbyist
>problems.
>
>
>Gordon Tyler___________________________Department of Psychiatry
>out-pt group psychotherapy_______University of Alberta Hospital
>[log in to unmask], Alberta, Canada
>
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