UncleTime,

The syntax for it (and it's in config.sys) is something on the order of:

DEVICE=C:\CDROM\NEC_IDE.SYS /D:NECCD0

This is from an old config sys on a different system which I no longer own and which had Windows 3.1. However, I believe the first part of the command is locating the driver for the device (I don't have a C:\CDROM folder in Win95 and the last part identifies the device itself as logical drive D.

Sorry I can't be more specific but my ink-depth documentation of DOS stops with DOS 3.0.




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Thanks for that much. There are also parameters that can be included, like maybe M: or L: plus a number. Are those for buffers and files? And which is which?

UncleTime

UncleTime,

Not a whole lot of help from "Oldmsdos" on my Win95 CD. The total in help gives the following:

Device=[drive:][path]filename [dd-parameters]

[dd-parameters] specifies any command-line information required by the device driver.

Now isn't that special?

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I went to an MSDOS prompt and typed in; LH /?

LH preceeds a device and means "Load High".
LH FILENAME /parameters

Maybe I missed something here, but why is AutoExec even needed in Win98???

I know I don't have one on three of my PCs nor Config.sys.

It was my understanding that the only time they are needed is when you run an old DOS game/software that requires them. Even then, if you run it in an MSDOS window they shouldn't be needed. If you run in MSDOS Mode then you can put them in the shortcut to call the program...

Anything you load in Autoexe/Config.sys uses resorces. If you don't need it, don't load it.

Thanks Jim. What is missing is, I do not use Win98. I have Win95. What I want to use the information for is, load a device and driver without using Windows at all.

I know I can access a DOS prompt inside Windows, but there are situations where that will not suit the situation. I also know Windows will handle nearly every device imaginable, but I am one of those that has an extensive imagination. Besides, I just want to know.

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Elewis. Thanks. You gave me a link that I didn't know about. Maybe I am on the right track now.

My Autoexec.bat has this line: MSCDEX.EXE /D:mscd001

You can see no drive letter is assigned.

I am not experiencing any problem with my system, except Norton Ghost thinks there is something wrong with one of my HD's. I know auto and config have nothing to do with that .

I just got involved with a recovery problem with a friend, and realized I don't know as much about DOS as I would like.

Thanks bushels.

UncleTime