CD-ROM access from DOS
- Document ID: 94000511
- Posted Date: 1996-08-19
- Last Updated: 1996-08-19
- Distribution: View Public Website
- Applicable Models
Satellite 200CDS Portege 300CT Portege 660CDT Tecra 500CDT Tecra 500CS Tecra 510CDT Tecra 530CDT Tecra 700CS Tecra 700CT Tecra 710CDT Tecra 720CDT Tecra 730CDT Tecra 730XCDT Tecra 740CDT Satellite Pro 400CDT Satellite Pro 400CS Satellite Pro 415CS Satellite Pro 425CDS Satellite Pro 430CDS Satellite Pro 430CDT Satellite Pro 440CDT Satellite Pro 440CDX Satellite Pro 465CDX
- Information
- When a customer loads a TOSHIBA internal CD-ROM on his system and wishes
to access the CD-ROM driver from DOS, it is important to note the CD-ROM's speed
with the proper driver. Toshiba calls all it's CD-ROM DOS drivers TOSCDROM.SYS.
The only way to check for the correct driver is to note it's size and date.
The master CD-ROM driver TOSCDROM.EXE can be download from BBS/Web.
It executes and unzips to the hard disk and brings up a install menu.
TOSCDROM08-04-97 8:55p
Directory of C:\toscdrom
INSTALL EXE 6,008 06-17-97 5:12p
README COM 4,116 06-17-97 4:59p
README TXT 2,341 06-17-97 4:58p
10X08-04-97 8:56p
2X08-04-97 8:56p
4X08-04-97 8:56p
6X08-04-97 8:56p
Directory of C:\toscdrom\2X
TOSCDROM SYS 5,581 06-12-97 4:45p
Directory of C:\toscdrom\4X
TOSCDROM SYS 6,765 07-10-95 5:00p
Directory of C:\toscdrom\6X
TOSCDROM SYS 9,463 04-02-96 5:00p
Directory of C:\toscdrom\10X
TOSCDROM SYS 9,672 02-18-97 2:37p
Here is TOSCDROM.EXE's README.TXT:
06-12-1997 CDC
Toshiba DOS CD-ROM drivers for internal IDE CD-ROM drives
==================================================================
10X\TOSCDROM.SYS DOS CD-ROM driver v3.03 for 10X SelectBay CD-ROM
(43x, 510, 520, 530, 660, 730X, 740)
6X\TOSCDROM.SYS DOS CD-ROM driver v3.00g for 6X SelectBay CD-ROM
(20x, 42x, 500, 710, 720, 730)
4X\TOSCDROM.SYS DOS CD-ROM driver v2.16 for 4X SelectBay CD-ROM
(40x, 41x, 70x)
2X\TOSCDROM.SYS DOS CD-ROM driver v2.01 for 2X T215xCD CD-ROM
==================================================================
INFORMATION
The CD-ROM drivers included in this electronic archive are for use with MS-DOS
and/or Microsoft Windows 3.x. They are not required or recommended for use
with Windows 95 (except to have access to your CD-ROM drive in Windows 95's MS-DOS
mode).
The included INSTALL.EXE file will help you copy the correct version of
TOSCDROM.SYS for your computer. INSTALL will ask you which drive you have
(2X, 4X, 6X or 10X) and will copy the appropriate driver to the root directory of
your C: drive. When INSTALL is complete, you will need to modify your DOS
CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files as described below.
==================================================================
Usage:
The CD-ROM driver loads as a device driver in your DOS CONFIG.SYS file
DEVICE=TOSCDROM.SYS
When this driver loads successfully, it sets up a DOS device name of
"TOSCD001" for your CD-ROM drive.
You'll need to load the Microsoft CD-ROM Extensions in your AUTOEXEC.BAT
file as well. MSCDEX.EXE is usually located in the \WINDOWS directory.
IF EXIST TOSCD001 MSCDEX /D:TOSCD001 /M:10 /L:[drive letter]
where [drive letter] is the desired drive letter for the CD-ROM drive. If the drive
letter is not specified, the drive letter for the CD-ROM drive will be the next drive
letter available for mapping.
The /D:TOSCD001 parameter tells MSCDEX which CD-ROM device to look for.
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