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Message   Brian Leeper    Merlin   Help..!   May 7, 1996
 9:36 AM *   

Re: Help..!

> You cannot successfully SHARE an IDE port on a 386 with the CDROM. The CDROM
> will need to be on its own secondary controller. They are available for less
> then $15.00 at most good outlets.
> Even if you managed to get it to work, it would choke bigtime the first time
> you go to use it in windows. MSCDEX for some reason really can't task well
> under a 386.

You'd need to turn off 32-bit disk access in Windows. And it will work.

(And what the hell does being a 386 have to do with it?)

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