Adaptec 131CA Hardware Guide - Page 53
Using a CD-ROM Drive, with DOS
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C w w w w Using a CD-ROM Drive with DOS You may need to install a CD-ROM drive on your computer so you can load software. The Array1000CA Family Manager Set Drivers diskette contains the DOS driver software necessary to use a CD-ROM connected to the AAA-131CA adapter. To operate a CD-ROM drive supported by the AAA-131CA adapter under DOS, you need s The SCSI driver, aspi8dos.sys (version 1.27 or later) s The CD-ROM driver, aspicd.sys s The Microsoft CD-ROM extensions, mscdex.exe The aspi8dos.sys and aspicd.sys files must be copied from the Array 1000CA Family Manager Set Drivers diskette to a directory (e.g., c:\scsi) on your hard disk drive. The mscdex.exe file is included with MS-DOS 6.x and above (see your MS-DOS documentation for details). Note: If you use MS-DOS 5 and do not have mscdex.exe, we recommend that you upgrade to MS-DOS 6 or above. You can also obtain mscdex.exe from Microsoft's online bulletin board or the CompuServe forum. C-1