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AST RESEARCH, INC. TECHNICAL BULLETIN # 1073 2-17-95
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MISSING CD-ROM DRIVER ON ADVANTAGE! ADVENTURE SYSTEMS
PROBLEM
Some Advantage! Adventure systems were shipped without the required drivers
for the CD-ROM Subsystem. Symptoms include an inability to access the CD-ROM
drive from a DOS prompt by entering "D:"
CAUSE
An incorrect process was used in building a limited number of hard drive
software loads.
SYSTEMS AFFECTED
AST PART NUMBER AND DESCRIPTION
501693-XXX Advantage! Adventure 6066d
501695-XXX Advantage! Adventure 6075p
501696-XXX Advantage! Adventure 8075p
501697-XXX Advantage! Adventure 8090p
SOLUTION
Obtain the CD-ROM FIX diskette from the AST On-Line! BBS. The bootable
diskette will autosense the installed hardware and install all appropriate
drivers. File CDROMFIX.EXE can be found on AST's BBS (817) 230-6850. AST's
BBS supports modem speeds up to 28.8k bps.
1. Connect to AST On-Line! BBS
- US Phone 714-727-4132 (9600/14.4/28.8)
- US Phone 714-727-4723 (2400)
2. Download CDROMFIX.EXE from the SYSTEMS area of the FILE library.
3. Create a temporary directory in C:
4. Copy the CDROMFIX.EXE file into the temporary directory.
5. From the temporary directory, run CDROMFIX to extract the required files.
6. Copy all the extracted files on to a bootable, formatted diskette.
7. Boot the system from the diskette.
The driver is installed when you see either of the following messages:
RUN$FILE FIXUPS ARE COMPLETE
or
CHECKSUM HAS BEEN CORRECTED
File CDROMFIX.EXE will also be posted on:
CompuServe
Go ASTSUPPORT
AST Worldwide Web Site
http://www.ast.com