cpd2005 Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Hello there. Im new here, and Im preparing to reinstall Windows 98SE on my old Compaq Presario 7360. Im running into trouble however.Whenever I load up Windows Setup from the CD-ROM, it will start to boot, but my system freezes after it loads up the Oak CD-ROM driver (OAKCDROM.sys). I also tried to boot with a startup floppy and get the same result.Is there a way around this problem?Here are the specs of my systemAMD K-6-2 500mhz Processor192MB RAMIntegrated Trident Graphics ChipIntegrated ESS-1988 Audio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpd2005 Posted January 7, 2008 Author Share Posted January 7, 2008 Well, that went well. As soon as I posted my topic, I was able to get Setup to boot after all. I disabled PCI Bus Mastering in the BIOS, and aterwards it started loading up the CD-ROM driver okay!Anyway, I plan to have fun with Win98 again, especially with that Revolutions pack and KernelEx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erpdude8 Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 (edited) I believe the OAKCDROM.SYS driver is a DOS driver, which loads from the CONFIG.SYS file. Many Compaq based computers require it in order to access the CD drive, even in Win98se. Edited January 8, 2008 by erpdude8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetroOS Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 I've had problems before with the OAKCDROM.SYS CD-ROM driver hanging on load.My solutions was to use a different DOS CD-ROM driver.It pays to keep a few just in case.There are some floating around the Internet especially on PC manufacture support pages.Just do a search for "DOS CD-ROM driver" and you'll get some on the first page of hits!They are still widely used for boot CDs, Ghost, and so on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDGx Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Alternative CD-ROM drivers for pure DOS mode [all free]:http://www.mdgx.com/newtip1.htm#CDROM4http://www.mdgx.com/drv.htm#DTChttp://www.mdgx.com/drv.htm#DTUHTH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetroOS Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Yep!It's MDGx to the rescue! - Good on ya mate!Now, I should have thought of that - everything Windows, visit MDGx... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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