Satellite 2100CDT CD Rom Installation

[packetech]

I have a Toshiba 2100CDT laptop that I have completly formated and need to load an OS onto.
The problem is that our buddies @ tos%^&&(*%*iba have decide that the drivers for the CD rom should only come with the pre-loaded O/S that they sell you with the laptop.
AHHHH! Taber-nacle!!!
So how the heck do I load a CD driver onto a box that doesn't exist souly on it's own?
have installed DOS 6.something to boot up on, but the damb thing still won't detect the CD ROM. Hvae even edited the command.com file to point to the CD drive to no avail.
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Am almost at the point where I might have to hook up with my Linux buddy to just load Red Hat on the thing instead of Windows. I know it'll work a hell of a lot better, it's just that I often need the graphical interpretations of windows to show clients/boss, in a picture-pretty display, what's going on, with "their" equipment!"
How do I detect this CD drive and assign a handle to it, when I can't even load the driver for it?

 

[edfair]

I had success off the T$%&^ site for the 2K drivers.
Think it is really interesting that the version I dealt with had 2K and XP drivers and nothing else. And of course they won't work with anything before 2K.
And the hardware I was trying to use had up to 2K drivers and no XP.
But in the meantime I think I used a 98SE boot disk to get access for cleaning and format of the hard drive and to load the install stuff to an extended partition. Ed Fair
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[packetech]

Hey Ed
I haven't actually tried a 98BT disk. Am trying to load 2000PRO. Laptop came preloaded w/98 and it's gone now.
Just thought I could load an OS onto it and install whatever I wanted. OOps. Don't have the original 2100CDT disk so I can't go that route.
I'll make a 98BT disk and get back with my results.
Thanks!