Adaptec SCSI not recognized!!!!!

[CHUDMAN]

I have a handme down HP omni pad designed for win95.
IT WAS FULL OF JUNK! I reformatted and installed dos 6.2 but now the cdrom is not recognized because it is an external sony cdrom with a scsi adaptec card in the side scsi ports.

so I tried various threads and they do not seem to help me out with this problem.

Well, before I can load WINDOWS or anything else from a cd I need the cd to be seen.

I know its old but I would love to use this as a learning tool for the kids.

Help me please.
Thank You,
Chad Miller

 

[CitrixEngineer]

Does the BIOS from the Adaptec card advertise its presence when you boot up?

If it's a really old one, like one of the early 1510's it might not.

To boot one of these from a floppy, you need to get the appropriate ASPI drivers; one for the card and one for the CD-ROM. These need to be loaded via your config.sys, and mscdex needs to be loaded via autoexec.bat, referencing this drive.

All drivers can be found on Adaptec's site, or , more quickly, via

http://www.bootdisk.com.

If you need any more help, please post back - or e-mail me at CitrixEngineer@yahoo.co.uk

CE