BG> MSCDEX is installed from autoexec.bat, and the system hangs
BG> long before then. In fact, stepping through each line of
BG> config.sys works fine until I get to CR_ATAPI.SYS, then it
BG> locks solid with the Divide Overflow message.  Haven't tried
BG> JUST that driver on its own though, but will later today.

Sure, I just wanted to make sure you really
had proven it was the driver that carefully.

BG> Later:  No joy, that driver flatly
BG> refuses to load under any circumstances.

Certainly rather odd. Presumably just a warty driver which exhibits
its wart in that particular motherboard/cpu/IDE port config etc.

RS> The other approach is to just use a different DOS CDROM
RS> driver, once you move to ATAPI CDROMS they normally dont give
RS> a damn about the fine detail of the particular CDROM drive.

BG> Might be worth a try.  I've grabbed the very latest
BG> drivers from Edge, but the same thing is still happening.

The Soundblaster CDROM drivers are pretty relaxed about what they will
run on CDROM wise, mainly coz Creative uses a variety of OEM drives.

BG> Funny thing is that both Win95 and OS/2 work just fine

Which is pretty convincing confirmation of a fucked driver which
just exhibits its wart in that particular hardware config.

BG> (just as well, as I don't need to use native MS-DOS 6.22 anyway).

Yeah, I dont even bother with those DOS CDROM drivers
except for a minimal DOS boot floppy which can see the
CDROM drive for absolute last resort disaster recovery.
@EOT:

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