Getting Started - Creative SOUND BLASTER PRO User Reference Manual

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CD PLAYER
Getting
Started
CD Player gives you full con rol over an a ached CD-ROM drive. Using
CD Player requires wo drivers: one is a hardware-dependen device
driver. Sof ware reference o his drivers is normally placed in he
CONFIG.SYS file. The second drivers is Microsof 's execu able pro ­
gram, MSCDEX. Refer o your CD-ROM drive ins alla ion manual for
addi ional ins alla ion ins ruc ions.
>• En ry forma :
MSCDEX !D:device-name [MI:n\[IE\[IV\[IL:drive-letter]
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arameters
Table
Parame er
Descrip ion
/D:device-name
Specifies he name of hedevice driver. This name
mus be iden ical o he device name used in he
CONFIG.SYS file.
IM:n
Specify he number of sec or buffers used o
cache he pa h able of a CD-ROM disc. Typically,
each drive has a minimum of four o five buffers.
The larger his number, he less your PC has o
read direc ly from he CD-ROM drive.
IE
Tells MSCDEX.EXE o use expanded memory if
your sys em is using expanded memory.
rv Displays memory usage when boo ing your PC.
IL Assigns le er name o he firs CD-ROM drive.
No e: Parame ers are enclosed in bracke s. Do no ype bracke s or
colons when en ering program command line. Sugges ed parame ers are
included in he documen a ion ha comes wi h your CD-ROM drive.
(Sugges ed parame ers are included in he documen a ion ha comes
wi h your CD-ROM drive.)
CD
Player
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