Vista - Win3.1 wont regconize cd drive.

I'm using MS Virtual PC SP1 running windows 3.1. My problem is that windows 3.1 doesn't regconize cd drive. How do i get it to recognize it?

On Sat, 2 May 2009 11:31:20 -0500, Cityscape <guest@xxxxxx-email.com>
wrote:
Back in the olden times you had to manually add drivers for CDROM
units to make them accessible. So you need to fiddle with
autoexec.bat, config.sys and perhaps a few windows files as well...

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Bo Berglund

So what do i need to fiddle with? Can I get more detailed directions?
Thanks

On Sat, 2 May 2009 20:00:48 -0500, Cityscape <guest@xxxxxx-email.com>
wrote:
http://www.essjae.com/VPC/vpc5.2v1.3-techref.zip
http://www.essjae.com/VPC/VPC2004VMAdditions.zip
You need a cdrom.sys file for the config.sys and the mscdex.exe file
for the autoexec.bat
Easiest way is the get the VPC2004 DOS Additions from my site, mount
the VFD file, run DOSADD.bat

To install the DOS additions:
1. Locate the DOS Additions.VFD file.
a. CD-ROM: the file is located on the CD-ROM in \Additions\DOS
Additions folder.
2. Drag and drop the DOS Additions.VFD on the floppy icon to mount it
in the guest OS.
3. Change to the A: prompt, type A: and press Enter.
4. Install the additions, type dosadd and press Enter.
5. Verify that the config.sys has the entry LASTDRIVE=Z. Type C: and
press Enter to change to the
C: drive. Type edit config.sys and press Enter, add the line above, if
necessary.
6. To access the CD-ROM Drive in DOS, the following line must be added
to the
autoexec.bat.C:\DOSDIR\MSCDEX /D:IDECD001 /L:E. To add the line, type
edit
autoexec.bat and press Enter. Enter the line above, modifying the
drive and DOS directory,
if necessary. Most versions of DOS will add the MSCDEX.EXE in the DOS
directory on the C:
drive.
7. When the DOS guest is configured, release the DOS Additions.VFD
disk image and restart
the guest using the hostkey+R or hostkey+DEL.
8. Restart the guest PC to load the additions files.

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Cheers,
Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
http://vpc.essjae.com/

As Bo says, "in the olden days" CD drives connected to a proprietary circuit
board that you plugged into the mother board, the standard of today of an
IDE interface had not yet been invented or at least not utilized. Each
manufacturer of a CD drive had to provide a driver for it.

"Cityscape" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
news:d2192e1c53d5781d8f39574a5b75a707@xxxxxx-gateway.com...

Actually before they were IDE they were SCSI, but anyway, even with
IDE you need to load a DOS driver to use a CDRom drive.

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Bob Comer


On Sat, 2 May 2009 19:37:24 -0700, "Gary M" <gary_mount@xxxxxx>
wrote:

On Sat, 02 May 2009 23:35:00 -0400, Robert Comer
<bobcomer-removeme-@xxxxxx> wrote:
Yep, there were Sony, Panasonic, Mitsumi interfaces...but this is all
irrelevant :-) to Virtual PC, which uses an IDE interfact for both
the CD-ROM and hard drives.

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Cheers,
Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
http://vpc.essjae.com/