Installing the 6x Internal CD-ROM drivers for the Gateway Solo^TM 2100 Series Portable PC

DOS and Windows^® 3.x driver installation instructions

1. To install the CD-ROM drivers, insert the Gateway Solo 2100 boot diskette into the external floppy drive. Reboot the system by pressing CTRL, ALT, & DEL keys simultaneously or turn the system on. The system boots up to this diskette. A menu starts as shown below:
   Main Menu Install CD-ROM Drivers on your Hard Disk Install an Operating System on your Hard Drive Reset your boot Disk Settings View your Boot Disk Settings Help Exit Program, Go Back to DOS
   By default the CD-ROM driver installation is highlighted, press ENTER to continue.
2. 3. An Information window appears, providing a brief explanation about the CD-ROM drivers. To install the CD-ROM drivers, press the F1 key on the keyboard.
3. 4. A copying window appears displaying the files that are copied to your hard drive. Once the files finish copying, press ENTER to return to the Main Menu.
4. 5. At the Main Menu, press the down arrow on your cursor control pad to highlight the option, Exit Program, Go Back to DOS. Press the ENTER to exit to DOS.
   • The line added to the AUTOEXEC.BAT is:
     c:\dos\mscdex.exe /s /d:solocd.
   • The line added to the CONFIG.SYS is:
     devicehigh=c:\cdrom\kmeatapi.sys /d:solocd /p:p /o:s /w:182

Windows^® 95 Installation

1. The internal CD-ROM drives are ATAPI 1.2 compliant. This allows Windows 95 to detect the drive when the system is started. Drivers do not need to be installed to configure this drive in Windows 95.
2. To view the drive properties, right click the My Computer icon in the upper left hand corner of the screen. Click the word Properties on the menu that appears on the screen.
3. Across the top of the System Properties screen are four tabs: General, Device Manager, Hardware Profiles, and Performance. Click the Device Manager tab to view this information.
4. In the upper left hand corner of Device Manager, by default, the View devices by type option is bulleted. From the list of devices previewed in the window, click once on the + symbol beside CDROM. The Teac CD-46E is shown as the installed CD-ROM drive.

The information in these articles is provided "as-is" without warranty of any kind, and all warranties are hereby disclaimed, whether express or implied, including, without limitation, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. GATEWAY 2000 will not be liable for any damages whatsoever, whether direct, special, indirect, incidental, or consequential (including, without limitation, damages for loss of business profits, business interruption, loss of business information, or any other pecuniary loss) arising out of, or related to your use of, or inability to use the information in any such article,even if advised of the possibility of such damages. Because some states and jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, the above limitation may not apply to you. You may not further distribute, reproduce, rent, sell, transfer or license these articles.

If our documentation hasn't helped you,
this might be a good time to
send an e-mail to Technical Support.

Copyright © 1996 Gateway 2000 Inc. All rights reserved.
Please see our Legal Information. Please send feedback to Webmaster Central.