EXP Computer CRW with CDROM Card User Manual

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ARICDI.EXE is the device driver for the PCMCIA CD-RW. The parameters of ARICDI.EXE

are described below:

is used to set the I/O ports, and the valid numbers are 1, 2, and 3. Each number represents

the I/O port pairs of (170-177, 376-377), (1E8-1EF, 3EE-3EF), and (168-16F, 36E-36F)

respectively. The default setting is /P:1.

is used to set the IRQ number. The valid IRQs are 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 15, and the

default setting is /I:15.

is used to set the device name. It can be any name up to 8 characters. This name must be the

same as the name specified in the MSCDEX.EXE option /D:name in the next step.

4. Add the following line at the TOP of your AUTOEXEC.BAT:

drive:\path\MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD001 /M:4

Where drive:\path

specifies the DOS directory or the directory containing the file

MSCDEX.EXE.

Note: If your AUTOEXEC.BAT file loads a menu program such as DOSSHELL or Windows, you

have to add the above line in front of your menu program. Otherwise, MSCDEX will not

have a chance to load before your menu program begins.

The example above shows the default setting. The /D: switch indicates the device name. It

MUST be the same name specified by the /D: switch of ARICDI.EXE in your CONFIG.SYS file.

The /M: switch indicates how much memory to allocate for caching information on the CD-RW.

The default /M:4 caches 8KB.

For more information about the switches of MSCDEX, please type ‘help MSCDEX’ at the DOS

prompt.

5. Now, reboot your computer to activate the external CD-RW drive.

Explanation Of The Error Messages

This section explains the most common error messages that DOS/Windows 3.1 users may encounter.