In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: > Dear list: > I have been trying for weeks to get a DOS CD burning to happen. > I dont think I just need to RTFM. Everything works except that all the > EXEs in Horvath Istmans excellent looking package keep failing to load > the CD and eject it with "not ready or no disk" complaints.
I don't think it likes the disk. With this software the burner will run at it's maximum speed and finding disks which work is at least as hard as finding burners which work. That's assuming that the command is OK and the disk the right way up (I know it sounds silly, but OEM disks without labels can be confusing). > The computer seems to find the Mitsumi CR 4802 TE fine. The ASPI.SYS > driver seems OK. The drawer comes out and accepts the CD for combustion - > and then spits it out. That may be the batch file, if that's what you're using. > I am just trying to back up material which seems to make FILE.ISO images > fine ready for burning. > What might be wrong here please? Dunno, in my experience if the drive works under DOS at all it will have a go at burning, but the "coaster" count is rather high. High enough that I gave up the whole idea when my working burner died and the two replacements I tested refused to even admit to being burners at all. It all felt a bit too "hit and miss" to be worth the effort to me, but then I don't have any great need to make CDs. > Do I need to load mscdex.exe or some such? No. Alex. -- _______________________________ _____________________________ ( Alex Venn ) ( Success has many fathers, ) (_) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (____) but failure is an orphan. (_)
