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Earl Truss <[log in to unmask]>
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PCBUILD - PC Hardware discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 30 Mar 1998 12:38:25 -0600
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> From: Loy Pressley <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Put "CD" on "L"?
> Date: Monday, March 30, 1998 2:48 AM
>
> > I also designate a CD-ROM drive letter well beyond the letter of
> > the last possible Hard Drive expected in a system.  With a DOS
> > system the more drives you provide for (LASTDRIVE= . . .), the
> > less conventional/UMA Memory you have, so be prudent. There's no
> > free lunch.
>
> John, what commands do I use to designate the drive letter for an
installed
> CD-ROM?
>
For DOS, you need to put the drive letter you want on the MSCDEX command in
your autoexec.bat.  To put your CD-ROM on drive letter "G", for example,
use MSCDEX  /L:G ...

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