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be the same as that used in the MSCDEX line, but can be
something different if you like.
It is important to do this with a DOS editor, or understand
the potential difficulties of not doing so (see Editing DOS
text and system files on page 34).
Note that the /D does not imply that the CDROM will appear as
drive D:; it will take the next available drive letter, which is usually
D: if you have one partition, or E: if you have two.
Adding the CD-ROM extensions
Your DOS installation routine may well do this for you. If not here
are the instructions for doing it yourself.
1 Add the line
MSCDEX /D:MSCD000
to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Put this near the begining
of the AUTOEXEC.BAT file, as the later commands may
run something like DOSSHELL or WINdows, which would
mean that this command would not be executed until you
quit from them.
Be careful about linefeeds (see Editing DOS text and
system files on page 34).
2 You must alter the R1SC OS configuration for CD-ROM
drives to indicate that a CD-ROM drive is present. Note that
the RISC OS CDFS does not require this, so you may not
already have it correctly set, but !PC does require it and will
not work without it, displaying the error message:
No CD-ROM drives working
3 Recent versions of CDFS will let you configure the drive from
the icon bar. Click Menu on the CD-ROM icon, then choose
Configure, Drives, and enter the number of CD-ROM drives
you have (usually one).
If your software does not have this option you must do it
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