D:\ is not ready, Device not ready

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I used D: (The CD drive)(w/ 98SE boot disk in A:)to install 98SE. D: shows up in
windows explorer in the middle of the C: directory, but I get message
D:\ is not ready Device not ready when I try to use it.

Neither the Device Manager or the System Information App indicate that
anything is wrong.

Thr 2nd IDE controller is bad, so I have the CD player slaved to the
HDD on the first ide controller.

What do I do to configure the system so that I can use the CD player?
I figure that I probably need to edit one of the DOS files, but don't
know which one, or what to say.

I know that slaving the CD to the HDD is not great, but its for a
backup computer, so thats OK.
 
JK said:
Are you sure the switch on the CD drive itself is set as slave?

Borgward answered Yes It is. Hdd is set as Master. No Luck setting both as cable select.
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