are you using only xcrdom.sys or combining it with UIDE or UDVD? I prefer
UIDE instead of xcdrom.sys on my IDE drives, and on one of my quirkier
machines shsucdx doesn't work but shcdx86.com does.
On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 4:02 PM, John Hupp <[email protected]> wrote:
> You're right, I get exactly the same result if I rem out that line.
>
> I then arrive at this as the most economical working configuration:
>
> =======================
> REM (some commands)
>
> SHSUCDX /QQ /D3
>
> REM (some commands)
>
> DEVLOAD /Q /H C:\FDOS\BIN\XCDROM.SYS /D:FDCD0001 /H
> SHSUCDX /D:FDCD0001,X /Q
>
> DEVLOAD /Q /H C:\FDOS\BIN\XCDROM.SYS /D:FDCD0001 /H
> SHSUCDX /D:FDCD0001,X /Q
> =======================
>
> But SHSUCDX /D then reports X: and Y: as the drive assignments, and only
> Y: works. X: produces the error I first reported.
>
> So it's not entirely clean and clear, but have I just arrived at the best
> workaround?
>
>
> On 5/18/2015 3:50 PM, Don Flowers wrote:
>
> John, actually you probably don't need to unload shsucdx, like you I used
> that command line from my install (I used the all_cd.iso).
>
> On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 3:29 PM, John Hupp <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Point well taken about diskinit and a consistent drive assignment,
>> though in this case it will probably not matter.
>>
>> I don't have any plan to boot CDROM images on this -- the FDBOOTCD.ISO
>> command was just part of the auto-installed configuration.
>>
>> If I substitute SHSUCDX /D:FDCD0001,X /Q in both locations below, I then
>> can access the drive as Y: (the same behavior as FDCD0001,D resulting in
>> access as E:).
>>
>> What I don't understand is why I have to unload SHSUCDX and then re-run
>> the same two commands as above the unload.
>>
>>
>> On 5/18/2015 2:58 PM, Don Flowers wrote:
>>
>> If you have other partitions they will always be "seen" by FreeDOS
>> diskinit before any of your drivers are loaded therefore it is best to
>> reassign your drive letter. FreeDOS 1.1 uses a default of X: and I follow
>> that assignment. This will result in a consistent drive assignment for your
>> CD. Also unless you plan on regularly booting CDROM images as opposed to
>> real "burned" CD-ROMs, the simplified files I sent are adequate for
>> everyday use.
>>
>> On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 2:48 PM, John Hupp <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Taking the next obvious step, I can even successfully condense the
>>> last 5 lines as below (which lets me access the drive as E:, not D:), but I
>>> have not succeeded beyond that.
>>>
>>> =======================
>>> REM (some commands)
>>>
>>> SHSUCDX /QQ /D3
>>> LH SHSUCDHD /QQ /F:FDBOOTCD.ISO
>>>
>>> REM (some commands)
>>>
>>> REM DEVLOAD /H /Q %dosdir%\BIN\UIDE.SYS /H /D:FDCD0001 /S5
>>>
>>> DEVLOAD /Q /H C:\FDOS\BIN\XCDROM.SYS /D:FDCD0001 /H
>>> SHSUCDX /D:FDCD0001,D /Q
>>>
>>> SHSUCDX /QQ /U
>>> DEVLOAD /Q /H C:\FDOS\BIN\XCDROM.SYS /D:FDCD0001 /H
>>> SHSUCDX /D:FDCD0001,D /Q
>>> =======================
>>>
>>> (And yes, fdconfig.sys does have LASTDRIVE=Z.)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 5/18/2015 2:17 PM, John Hupp wrote:
>>>
>>> Thanks, that sort of works. Based on the cdrom.bat commands, this
>>> snippet from my current autoexec.bat works:
>>>
>>> =======================
>>> REM (some commands)
>>>
>>> SHSUCDX /QQ /D3
>>> LH SHSUCDHD /QQ /F:FDBOOTCD.ISO
>>>
>>> REM (some commands)
>>>
>>> REM DEVLOAD /H /Q %dosdir%\BIN\UIDE.SYS /H /D:FDCD0001 /S5
>>>
>>> DEVLOAD /H /Q %dosdir%\BIN\XCDROM.SYS /H /D:FDCD0001
>>> SHSUCDX /QQ /~ /D:?SHSU-CDR,D /D:?SHSU-CDH,D /D:?FDCD0001,D
>>> /D:?FDCD0002,D /D:?FDCD0003,D
>>>
>>> SHSUCDX /QQ /U
>>> DEVLOAD /Q /H C:\FDOS\BIN\XCDROM.SYS /D:FDCD0001 /H
>>> SHSUCDX /D:FDCD0001,D /Q
>>> =======================
>>>
>>> With this, I can access the cdrom as E: (not D:).
>>>
>>> But I have not been able to merge the last 5 command into just 2 or 3.
>>> Among many attempts, I think I tried just running the last 3 of the 5 and
>>> that failed as before. What am I not seeing?
>>>
>>> On 5/18/2015 10:53 AM, Don Flowers wrote:
>>>
>>> One of these two should work. These are batch files so rename them
>>> accordingly.
>>>
>>> On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 10:35 AM, Don Flowers <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Is it a slave or secondary master drive?
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 10:30 AM, John Hupp <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for the idea and an interesting web page, but this is a plain
>>>>> old IDE CD-ROM.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 5/18/2015 10:10 AM, Don Flowers wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.rmprepusb.com/tutorials/winimage
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 10:08 AM, Don Flowers <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> If you have a AHCI/SATA CD/DVD drive, try downloading the FreeDOS -
>>>>>> SATA for Ghost disk here, extract the AHCI.SYS driver and use the
>>>>>> following
>>>>>> configuration.
>>>>>> @ECHO OFF
>>>>>> SHCDX86.COM /QQ /U
>>>>>> IF NOT EXIST CDROM001 DEVLOAD /Q /H C:\FDOS\BIN\AHCI.SYS /D:CDROM001
>>>>>> /H
>>>>>> IF NOT EXIST CDROM001 DEVLOAD /Q /H C:\FDOS\BIN\UIDE.SYS /D:CDROM001
>>>>>> /H
>>>>>> IF EXIST CDROM001 SHCDX86.COM /D:CDROM001,X /Q
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 10:04 AM, John Hupp <[email protected]>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I tried updating to the latest uide.sys from
>>>>>>> http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/dos/ellis/,
>>>>>>> but
>>>>>>> I get the same error.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I also get the same error with the last version of xcdrom.sys.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Next-best solutions?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 5/16/2015 5:34 PM, John Hupp wrote:
>>>>>>> > Hi, all.
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > It's been some years since I've been active on this list, but I
>>>>>>> hope
>>>>>>> > you can come through for me again now.
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > I installed 1.1 from the bootable CD, but from the installed DOS, I
>>>>>>> > can't access a CD-ROM. I get "Error reading from drive D: data
>>>>>>> area:
>>>>>>> > drive not ready."
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > I found this for VirtualBox:
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> http://www.freedos.org/wiki/index.php/VirtualBox_-_Chapter_12#Known_Bugs:_6._CD_changes_are_not_detected
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > For real hardware, is the XCDROM workaround the best solution?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>
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