Burn CDs with FreeDOS

[xStil]

I installed Freedos on a Toshiba 430CDT laptop that I found in my basement and it can read from CDs. But it cannot write to them.

Is there any free software that can burn IDE CDs in DOS mode? I tried DOSCDROAST but it doesn't work.
It just gives a "No aspi manager" error...

[OneOffDriveByPoster]

You can install an ASPI manager yourself.

http://ask.adaptec.com/scripts/adaptec_tic.cfg/php.exe/enduser/popup_adp.php?p_sid=tXN9r9jj&p_lva=2671&p_li=&p_faqid=406&p_created=925401788&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PWRmbHQ6MSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9MTAsMTAmcF9wcm9kcz0wJnBfY2F0cz0wJnBfcHY9JnBfY3Y9JnBfc2VhcmNoX3R5cGU9YW5zd2Vycy5zZWFyY2hfbmwmcF9wYWdlPTEmcF9zZWFyY2hfdGV4dD1kb3MgYXNwaQ**

[xStil]

Thanks but I don't know anything about ASPI or how to set it up, so I will need a bit more help with that.

[xStil]

OK, I tried to set up some .sys files in the 'config' file, but this is what I got at startup:

Quote:

ASPI CD-ROM driver for DOS
version 4.0
Copyright 1990-1995 Adaptec Inc.

ERROR: Adapted ASPI Device driver Not Available
CD driver not loaded: no valid Adaptec host adapter

ASPI disk driver for DOS
V 3.42
Copyright 1989-1998 Adaptec Inc.

Unable to open ASPI manager!
ASPIDISK.sys is NOT loaded.
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What do these error messages mean? If my host adapter is not from Adaptec, then how do I find out who it is from?

EDIT: here's what my CONFIG file looks like:

Quote:

!COUNTRY=001,437,C:\FDOS\BIN\COUNTRY.SYS
!SET lang=EN
!LASTDRIVE=Z
!BUFFERS=20
!FILES=40
!DOS=HIGH,UMB
!DOSDATA=UMB
!set dircmd=/ogn /4
!MENUCOLOR=7,0
MENUDEFAULT=2,5
MENU 1 - Load FreeDOS with EMM386, no EMS (most UMBs), max RAM free
MENU 2 - Load FreeDOS with EMM386+EMS and SHARE
MENU 3 - Load FreeDOS including HIMEM XMS-memory driver
MENU 4 - Load FreeDOS without drivers
DOS=HIGH,UMB
DEVICE=C:\ASPIinst\ASPICD.sys
DEVICE=C:\ASPIinst\ASPIDISK.sys
123?DEVICE=C:\FDOS\BIN\HIMEM.EXE
1?DEVICE=C:\FDOS\BIN\EMM386.EXE NOEMS X=TEST
2?DEVICE=C:\FDOS\BIN\EMM386.EXE X=TEST
;123?DEVICEHIGH=C:\FDOS\bin\xdma.sys
123?DEVICEHIGH=C:\FDOS\bin\xcdrom.sys /d:FDCD0001
REM 123?INSTALL=C:\FDOS\BIN\BLACKOUT.EXE
123?DEVICEHIGH=C:\FDOS\BIN\MORESYS.SYS
DEVICEHIGH=C:\ANSI\ansi.sys
SHELLHIGH=C:\FDOS\bin\command.com C:\FDOS\bin /E:1024 /P=C:\autoexec.bat

AUTOEXEC FILE

Quote:

@echo off
SET dosdir=C:\FDOS
set PATH=%dosdir%\bin
set NLSPATH=%dosdir%\NLS
set HELPPATH=%dosdir%\HELP
set temp=%dosdir%\temp
set tmp=%dosdir%\temp
PROMPT $l$l$p$g$g$d$q$q$g
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330
REM ShsuCDhd /QQ /F:C:\FDBOOTCD.ISO
if not "%config%"=="4" REM LH VIAUDIO
if not "%config%"=="4" REM LH VIAFMTSR
if not "%config%"=="4" LH FDAPM APMDOS
if "%config%"=="2" LH SHARE
if not "%config%"=="4" ShsuCDX /QQ /~ /D:?FDCD0001 /D:?FDCD0002 /D:?FDCD0003
SET autofile=C:\autoexec.bat
alias reboot=fdapm warmboot
alias halt=fdapm poweroff
SET CFGFILE=C:\fdconfig.sys
echo type HELP to get support on commands and navigation
echo.
echo FreeDOS Started Successfully
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[OneOffDriveByPoster]

The one from Adaptec probably wanted a SCSI card. The DOSCDROAST site gives links to other places that might have ASPI managers available. FreeDOS supposedly has one for USB drives.

[xStil]

I found the right driver: FreeDOS downloads it automatically from the net, but when I was installing it the laptop wasn't connected...

Anyway, I found out that CDroast was very unstable and so I don't have CD-burning software... I cannot find the 16-bit version of GoldenHawk's COPY2CD.exe file, so all it does in FD is "Cannot run in DOS mode"

Anyone have ideas where to find 16-bit CD-burners?

[md]

Not that it would help your cause, but instead of freedos why not give QNX Neutrino or Minix 3 a try instead of freedos? You'll get more functionality and both would be well suited to the hardware (better then linux).