Bump !!!

Sorry to be so long in getting back. As you know, I have been busy though. ;>)

I've downloaded the file and ran it. Unfortunately, it does everything "behind the scenes" and I had to uninstall/remove and clean up as it affected my system.

According to this it runs in DOS. Still searching.

I understand you being busy - I see the great work you are doing here, so don't worry. I have been doing some playing with it and I copied the driver "pnp407d.exe" to the hard drive thinking it may help. I did it several ways, but no luck.
1 copy a:/pnp407d.exe c:/pnp407d.exe
2 copy a:/pnp407d.exe d:/pnp407d.exe which is the ramdrive and then
3 copy a:/pnp407d.exe c:/mscd001 which is the file is says it can not find
It still says the same thing as before.

Preparing to start your computer.
This may take a few minutes. Please wait...

The diagnostic tools were successfully loaded to drive D.

Device driver not found: 'MSCD001'
No valid CDROM device drivers selected

To get help, type HELP and press ENTER.

C:\>


If there is a way to do it... this might work. What do you think?
Cand you replace the file "mscd001 on the win98se EBD with the file I need pnp407d.exe?
Or put the needed files from win98se EBD on the same disk as my needed driver?
Or it that out of the question?
I know I may be just guessing and grasping at straws here

"Preparing to start your computer.
This may take a few minutes. Please wait...

The diagnostic tools were successfully loaded to drive D.

Device driver not found: 'MSCD001'
No valid CDROM device drivers selected

To get help, type HELP and press ENTER.

C:\>"

So this (the above) is booting from the hard disk?

If so, can you post the contents of the c:\config.sys and c:\autoexec.bat files from the hard disk?

MSCD001 is the Device Label assigned on the driver load line in config.sys. This exact same Device Label must be used in the autoexec.bat file on the mscdex load line.

Boot the machine. When you get the C:\> prompt, put a formatted blank floppy in your A: drive and type in; (Hit Enter after each line)

copy/v c:\config.sys a:

copy/v c:\autoexec.bat a:

Bring that floppy back to the machine you're using to get here. Open the files with Notepad, copy and paste the contents here.

Also humour me and give this bootdisk a try. I'd like to know if it would pick up on this CDROM drive. Download to the hard disk, put a floppy in your drive, then run (click or double click) the downloaded file to create a bootdisk on one of your floppy disks.

-------------------------------------START-----------------------------------------
CONFIG.SYS[U]

[menu]
menuitem=CD, Start computer with CD-ROM support.
menuitem=NOCD, Start computer without CD-ROM support.
menuitem=HELP, View the Help file.
menudefault=CD,30
menucolor=7,0

[CD]
device=himem.sys /testmemff
device=oakcdrom.sys /D:mscd001
device=btdosm.sys
device=flashpt.sys
device=btcdrom.sys /D:mscd001
device=aspi2dos.sys
device=aspi8dos.sys
device=aspi4dos.sys
device=aspi8u2.sys
device=aspicd.sys /D:mscd001

[NOCD]
device=himem.sys /testmemff

[HELP]
device=himem.sys /testmemff

[COMMON]
files=10
buffers=10
dos=high,umb
stacks=9,256
devicehigh=ramdrive.sys /E 2048
lastdrive=z

-----------------------------------END---------------------------------------------
----------------------------------START-------------------------------------------

AUTOEXEC.BAT

@ECHO OFF
set EXPAND=YES
SET DIRCMD=/O:N
set LglDrv=27 * 26 Z 25 Y 24 X 23 W 22 V 21 U 20 T 19 S 18 R 17 Q 16 P 15
set LglDrv=%LglDrv% O 14 N 13 M 12 L 11 K 10 J 9 I 8 H 7 G 6 F 5 E 4 D 3 C
cls
call setramd.bat %LglDrv%
set temp=c:\
set tmp=c:\
path=%RAMD%:\;a:\;%CDROM%:\
copy command.com %RAMD%:\ > NUL
set comspec=%RAMD%:\command.com
copy extract.exe %RAMD%:\ > NUL
copy readme.txt %RAMD%:\ > NUL

:ERROR
IF EXIST ebd.cab GOTO EXT
echo Please insert Windows 98 Startup Disk 2
echo.
pause
GOTO ERROR

:EXT
%RAMD%:\extract /y /e /l %RAMD%: ebd.cab > NUL
echo The diagnostic tools were successfully loaded to drive %RAMD%.
echo.

IF "%config%"=="NOCD" GOTO QUIT
IF "%config%"=="HELP" GOTO HELP
LH %ramd%:\MSCDEX.EXE /D:mscd001 /L:%CDROM%
echo.
GOTO QUIT

:HELP
cls
call help.bat
echo Your computer will now restart and the startup menu will appear.
echo.
echo.
echo.
echo.
echo.
echo.
echo.
echo.
echo.
echo.
restart.com
GOTO QUIT

:QUIT
echo To get help, type HELP and press ENTER.
echo.
rem clean up environment variables
set CDROM=
set LglDrv=

-------------------------------------END------------------------------------------

Downloaded your win98se (appears to be the exact same as the one that got me my C:/> promt, but will try it again.
Okay, still the same thing at start after choosing start w/cd support
Device Name :MSCD001
No drivers found, aborting installation

OK, it's as I thought. You've somehow transferred the floppy startup files to the hard disk. This only confuses the system. Replace those files (or rename the existing files first) with the following;

CONFIG.SYS
[COMMON]
SWITCHES=/F
break=on
files=10
buffers=10
dos=high,umb
stacks=9,256
lastdrive=z


AUTOEXEC.BAT
@ECHO OFF
PATH \;C:\WINDOWS;C:\windows\command;C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM;
SET DIRCMD=/O:N
SET TEMP=C:\WINDOWS\TEMP
SET TMP=C:\WINDOWS\TEMP
set comspec=c:\command.com
exit


Thank you for trying that bootdisk.

I'm still hunting for DOS level drivers (or, whatever it takes) for this beast.

Go to your link and scroll down to;

OTHER BACKPACK CD-ROM DRIVE SOFTWARE

and download bpcd_dos.exe.

Below that, the bpsd203.exe file is what you might want for Windows98.

I can't believe I missed this way back when.

Post what happens.

Response to post #16
Would it be easier (since I have nothing on it) to just do anoer re-format to clear the hard drive and start over since I have played with so much I now have the "pnp407d.exe" fole on it like 4 times under different file names?

I agree. If your fine with the existing hard disk partitioning, then just format the hard disk. (Back up the DOS CDROM drivers you will need to floppy or a second hard disk if you have one in the system first.) The windows drivers is 1.81MB, but you can download this once the system is running and on the net.

I suggest booting with the 98SE bootdisk. If the system hardware is all recognized OK, choose Without CDROM support. At the A:\> prompt type in

format/c/autotest c:

and hit Enter. When it's done, type in

sys c:

and hit Enter. You should see "System transferred". Remove the floppy disk and reboot the machine.

When you get the C:\> prompt, put the DOS CDROM drivers floppy in the A: drive and type in

copy/v a:\bpcd_dos.exe

and hit Enter. This will copy the file to C:. Then type in

bpcd_dos

hit Enter, and it should install the drivers. You'll need to reboot. You should then be able to install windows from the CD.

Let us know how it went.

Okay I re-formatted the hard drive to start with a fresh install of the driver you sent me to.
I first installed it like this a:\setup
It openen and said it installed and told me to restart. I did and I had to put your win98se floppy in, but it still said no cdrom device found
So I put the bpcd_dos floppy back in and typed (A:/>)bpcd_dos.exe
And it installed that way as well, but after restart it still does not find it or assign it a drive letter. It keeps saying
Device driver not found: 'mscd001'
No valid cdrom device drivers selected

My c:\dir reads like this now
Volume in drive C is LAPTOP
Volume Serial Number is 225D-14Fs
Directory of C:\

AUTOEXEC BAT 47 08-07-15 1:34P
BPCDROM <DIR> 08-07-05 1:34P
CONFIG SYS 41 08-07-05 1:34P
2 file(s) 88 bytes
1 dir(s) 1,353,469,952 bytes free

Here are my new config and autoexec files

CONFIG.SYS
device=\bpcdrom\bpcddrv.sys /d:bpcddrv$

AUTOEXEC.BAT
IF EXIST BPCDDRV$ \BPCDROM\MSCDEX /D:BPCDDRV$

Is that all that should be there?