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Loading A Generic CDROM DRIVER UNDER MS-DOS 6.22
I have install MS-DOS 6.22 and only MS-DOS 6.22, and I want to boot into DOS with my CD-ROM accessible; however the cd-rom has no drivers, how can I load a gerneric driver to boot with cd-rom support?

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You need some 16Bit drivers go here http://www.mitsumi.com/enduser/1_drivers.html

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Or Here

For IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM drives, only DOS driver is available.
IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM drives works with Windows95 built-in 32-bit IDE driver.
All drivers are self-extracting zip files, it must be uncompressed before installation.

http://www.sunmoonstar.com/download/download.htm

I refer you to the following question

https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/20654982/Drive-Image-by-Powerquest.html

and the exerpted post shown below:

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It doesn't appear that a specific real-mode ATAPI driver is provided on Polaroid's website -- or anywhere else as far as I can determine.

I would recommend using a universal driver available from "www.bootdisk.com".  I downloaded their DOS 6.22 bootdisk file, created a boot disk and extracted the required lines from the config.sys and autoexec.bat files.  In your case, you would take the boot floppy created for you by DriveImage and add the following lines to your config.sys file:

   DEVICE=cd1.SYS /D:cdrom

   LASTDRIVE=Z

and then to your autoexec.bat file:

   MSCDEX.EXE  /D:cdrom /L:R

You would then need to copy the two files from the DOS 6.22 bootdisk, "MSCDEX.EXE" and "CD1.SYS", to your DriveImage boot disk.  This should work.  If you wish, I can email you the files and the config mods.

Don't worry about the fact that the DriveImage disks are using Caldera DOS.  The driver from the DOS 6.22 disk should work.

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You may also try running the DriveImage Rescue Disk Builder and see if its ATAPI support works with your drive.  You will be prompted to select whether you wish support for ATAPI / SCSI / optical and/or zip devices.

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Good luck and let me know if you want me to email you the files I spkoe of above.

Doug

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mrdtn LOL

Ive just spend two minutes staring at that, B4 the penny dropped :0)

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Microsoft Disk Operating System (MS-DOS) was an operating system for x86-based personal computers, and traces of it are still found in the Windows operating system. DOS is still used in some embedded systems and for certain legacy 16-bit networks.