[NTLUG:Discuss] OT - laptop, floppy and CD share a bay, other OS

[pacificview505@juno.com]

Fred --

Man, do I hate posting a Windoze topic on a Linux list.  Anyway, since
you posted the original, a brief reply:

On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 19:11:13 -0600 fredjame <fredjame at concentric.net>
writes:

	<snip>
> The problem is the CD-ROM/floppy situation - only has one bay, and
> (1) if the floppy is in, loading a CD driver fails because it can't 
> find 
> the CD
> (2) if the CD is in, it won't run because there isn't any driver.

I've never done it with a laptop, but idea:  copy the CDROM driver to
your HDD; then modify your autoexec.bat to load it, and point it to the
CDROM which is hooked up.

My original Win 95 autoexec.bat:
LH C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\mscdex.exe /D:TEAC-CDI /M:15 /L:R

(In this case, for a TEAC drive with some TEAC-specific parameters).

Have not done this in awhile.  But, this is what I had to do with a clean
HDD when reinstalling the monopoly OS.  

And BTW, does anyone know anyplace on the Net which sells (a la
CheapBytes) already-prepped CDs of the GPL/ download version of Suse?

HTH

________________________________________________________________
The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand!
Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER!
Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!