D:\ is not ready, Device not ready

[Ext User(BORGWARD)]

I used D: (The CD drive)(w/ 98SE boot disk in A:)to install 98SE. D: shows up in
windows explorer in the middle of the C: directory, but I get message
D:\ is not ready Device not ready when I try to use it.

Neither the Device Manager or the System Information App indicate that
anything is wrong.

Thr 2nd IDE controller is bad, so I have the CD player slaved to the
HDD on the first ide controller.

What do I do to configure the system so that I can use the CD player?
I figure that I probably need to edit one of the DOS files, but don't
know which one, or what to say.

I know that slaving the CD to the HDD is not great, but its for a
backup computer, so thats OK.

[Ext User(JK)]

Are you sure the switch on the CD drive itself is set as slave?


BORGWARD wrote:

> I used D: (The CD drive)(w/ 98SE boot disk in A:)to install 98SE. D: shows up in
> windows explorer in the middle of the C: directory, but I get message
> D:\ is not ready Device not ready when I try to use it.
>
> Neither the Device Manager or the System Information App indicate that
> anything is wrong.
>
> Thr 2nd IDE controller is bad, so I have the CD player slaved to the
> HDD on the first ide controller.
>
> What do I do to configure the system so that I can use the CD player?
> I figure that I probably need to edit one of the DOS files, but don't
> know which one, or what to say.
>
> I know that slaving the CD to the HDD is not great, but its for a
> backup computer, so thats OK.

[Ext User(BORGWARD)]

JK <JK9821@netscape.net> wrote in message news:<414B3144.38142FA7@netscape.net>...
> Are you sure the switch on the CD drive itself is set as slave?
>
> Borgward answered Yes It is. Hdd is set as Master. No Luck setting both as cable select.

> BORGWARD wrote:
>
> > I used D: (The CD drive)(w/ 98SE boot disk in A:)to install 98SE. D: shows up in
> > windows explorer in the middle of the C: directory, but I get message
> > D:\ is not ready Device not ready when I try to use it.
> >
> > Neither the Device Manager or the System Information App indicate that
> > anything is wrong.
> >
> > Thr 2nd IDE controller is bad, so I have the CD player slaved to the
> > HDD on the first ide controller.
> >
> > What do I do to configure the system so that I can use the CD player?
> > I figure that I probably need to edit one of the DOS files, but don't
> > know which one, or what to say.
> >
> > I know that slaving the CD to the HDD is not great, but its for a
> > backup computer, so thats OK.