MSCDEX.EXE / Bootable DVD Compatibility?

[GregE240]

Hi folks,

Thanks to the utterly dire performance of the network here I have been tasked with creating a bootable DVD ROM with the respective PowerQuest images on.

What I want to do is use the DOS MSCDEX.EXE driver to load DOS drivers for the (bootable) DVD-ROM in order to load my PQ script / image combo.

I've never tried this, so can anyone confirm if it works or not? Given the laptop image here is about 2Gb, a CDR is a non starter.

Thanks in advance,

Greg

[Podie]

Think our lot do the same thing, although our image is spread over 4 CDs... or we use a boot disk to provide the network drivers and pull it down from there.

Check the BIOS to make sure the DVD is a bootable device...

[GregE240]

Thanks Podie. The DVD ROM drive is for the laptops...think I'm going to create a boot CD for the desktops, no idea what the network issue is. Its going through about 3 hubs and auto sensing speed through all of them, and I can't be bothered to go argue the case with the sandal wearers.

Cheers mate.