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Re: Win95 & Config/Autoexec

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From: BRS
Date: Wed, 31 May 1995 00:00
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In article <bee.801852863@sfu.ca>, bee@newsserver.sfu.ca (Jeremy Bee) wrote:
> ces@alsun2 (Clay Schneider) writes:
> 
> >Julian A F Bradbury (Julian@xabcs.demon.co.uk) wrote:
> >: Re Win95 & Config/Autoexec
> >: I changed from an Adaptec (ASPICD.SYS) to NCR815 (CDROM.SYS)
> >: SCSI card, and made the appropriate changes as follows:-
> 
> >: AUTOEXEC.BAT
> >:  LH /L:1,46544 C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MSCDEX.EXE /D:MYCD0 /M:15 /L:F
> >:                                                 ^^^^^
> >: AUTOEXEC.DOS
> >:  LH /L:1,46544 C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MSCDEX.EXE /D:MYCD0 /M:15 /L:F
> >:                                                 ^^^^^
> >: CONFIG.SYS
> >:  DEVICE=C:\NCRSCSI\CDROM.SYS /D:MYCD0
> >:                    ^^^^^^^^^    ^^^^^
> >: CONFIG.DOS
> >:  DEVICEHIGH /L:1,29376 =C:\NCRSCSI\CDROM.SYS /D:MYCD0
> >:                                    ^^^^^^^^^    ^^^^^
> 
> >: Yet when I reboot Win95 into Win95s-DOS it STILL displays a line
> >: like the above, but with "ASPICD.SYS" and "/D:ASPICD0" on it!
> 
> >: It is using a different autoexec. than EITHER of the above.
> >: All files exist, where they should etc.
> 
> >: - WHERE is it getting it from? <scream>
> >: -- 
> 
> Not trying to be a pain, but why exactly do you want to list all these 
> devices in your config.sys and autoexec.bat? The Aspi drivers are all 
> supported directly by Win95 for sure, although I'm not sure of the one
> you switched to. You should only need any of these entries for sessions
> when you boot into your old dos only, so the advice given here that you 
> should make these changes from dos only is good.
> 
> Jeremy
> 

My NCR810 SCSI card will only work if I have the drivers listed 
in the config and autoexec files.  Even though the drivers are 
listed in Win 95 they do no/t work for my CDROM.  This was the 
only way around the problem for me

regards
David
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From: bible@werple.mira.net.au (BRS)
Subject: Re: Win95 & Config/Autoexec
Date: 1995/05/31
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