Microsoft KB Archive/78383

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DR0498: MS-DOS CD-ROM Extensions Info Pack Version 2.2
Last reviewed: May 1, 1997

Article ID: Q78383

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SUMMARY
This article contains the text of the Application Note DR0498: &quot;MS-DOS CD- ROM Extensions Info Pack.&quot;

You can obtain this Application Note from the following sources:

You can obtain this Application Note from the following sources:


 * Microsoft's World Wide Web Site on the Internet
 * The Internet (Microsoft anonymous ftp server)
 * Microsoft Download Service (MSDL)
 * Microsoft FastTips Technical Library
 * Microsoft Product Support Services

For complete information, see the &quot;To Obtain This Application Note&quot; section at the end of this article.

THE TEXT OF DR0498
Microsoft(R) Product Support Services Application Note (Text File) DR0498: MS-DOS CD-ROM EXTENSIONS INFO PACK

SUMMARY
This application note contains documentation related to version 2.2 of the Microsoft MS-DOS CD-ROM Extensions Program (MSCDEX) and the development of a hardware-dependent device driver for a CD-ROM player.

MS-DOS CD-ROM Extensions Info Pack can be found in the Software/Data library by searching on the word DR0498, the Q number of this article, or S13229. DR0498 was archived using the PKware file-compression utility.

MORE INFORMATION
The enclosed DR0498 disk contains documentation related to version 2.2 of the Microsoft MS-DOS CD-ROM Extensions Program (MSCDEX) and the development of a hardware-dependent device driver for a CD-ROM player. The files have been compressed into the executable file INFOPACK.EXE. To use the compressed text files and the utility programs they refer to, you must extract the files by following the steps below:


 * 1) Create a new directory on your hard disk (for example, INFOPACK).
 * 2) Place the enclosed DR0498 disk in your floppy disk drive, and copy the file INFOPACK.EXE from the floppy disk to the directory you created on your hard disk in step 1.
 * 3) Change to that directory. From the command prompt, type the &quot;infopack&quot; (without the quotation marks).

TO OBTAIN THIS APPLICATION NOTE
You can find Dr0498.EXE, a self-extracting file, on the following services:

  Microsoft's World Wide Web Site on the Internet On the www.microsoft.com home page, click the Support icon. Click Knowledge Base, and select the product. Enter kbfile Dr0498.EXE, and click GO! Open the article, and click the button to download the file.   Internet (anonymous FTP) ftp ftp.microsoft.com Change to the Softlib/Mslfiles folder. Get Dr0498.EXE   Microsoft Download Service (MSDL) Dial (425) 936-6735 to connect to MSDL Download Dr0498.EXE 

For additional information about downloading, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: Q119591 TITLE    : How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services For additional information about downloading, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: Q119591 TITLE    : How to Download Microsoft Support Files from Online Services