dos boot with two dvds

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I have an XP sp3 dual boot (with Win7 (32)) computer with two dvd players. One is configured as Master the other as slave. When I try to boot to a “dos” cd I get an error message that says it can’t find command.com. If I unplug the slave dvd player then I can boot to the dos cd with no problem. Any thoughts? Thanks
Bob

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Check to make sure that the device you’ve jumpered as Master is plugged into the end of the ribbon cable, (the black connector), and the device jumpered as Slave is plugged into the middle connector, (the gray one).

(The blue connector on the far end of the ribbon cable plugs in the motherboard).

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Could just be DOS having trouble with a modern disk controller. Not much you can do about that.

cheers, Paul

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Spyware Dr: The ribbon cable was connected as you suggest. Thank you
Bob

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