Re: [OT] DVD drives & DOS

[Doogie Brodie <ukhad@xxxxxxx>]

Paul Gordon wrote:

>
> Chaps, sorry for the OT, but I have a rather pressing question that I
> need
> to answer ASAP...
>
> Can anyone tell me for sure whether it is possible to make a DVD drive
> work
> (as a DVD, not just a CD) under DOS? I didn't think it was possible,
but
> some colleagues are suggesting that we can distribute some OS images
> on DVD
> (either bootable DVD's or with an accompanying boot floppy) for 
> installation
> onto new PC's that have no OS installed...
>
> Certainly I'm pretty sure that it can't be done with the standard
MSCDEX
> driver, but does anyone know of any available driver that will allow
> access
> to DVDs from DOS (not a DOS session under windows)

It's certainly _possible_ .... my MSDN OS disk with XP Pro, XP Home, and
I think a couple of the 2K flavours, is a bootable DVD that you can 
install any of the OS's from.

How its done, I dunno! I'll see if i've got one in the house, otherwise
I'll have a look at work tomorrow.


-- 
Doogie




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