Yes, you do have to edit Autoexec.bat, but it's very simple to do. Open Autoexec.bat in any text editor, go to the bottom of the file, and add a new line:

drive\mouse.com

drive\ represents the location of the mouse.com file. You can leave off the ".com" if you like - just put "mouse".

You can put the file anywhere you like. Be aware that if you choose to access it directly from the CD, and your CD is normally drive D, it will become drive E when you boot from the Win98 disc, because Windows reserves the letter D for the RAM which it sets up during the boot process.

It's not necessary to load a mouse driver. It might be useful if you plan to use a DOS program which supports a mouse, for example the MS-DOS Editor, but you can do without it.


On Thursday, December 7, 2006 at 1:39 pm, Sanjit Keskar wrote:
>I have downloaded the iso to burn a win98 bootable CD.
>
>This does not have a mouse driver so i would like to add the same. (i have mouse.com
>file)
>
>How and where do i place the file (i know how to add files to iso files)
>
>Do i have to edit the autoexec.bat file and what lines do i have to put therein.
> I can't understand the contents of the autoexec file included in the iso image (too
>complex for me).
>
>One query - do i really need the mouse driver
>
>Thanks for any reply

Written in response to: bootable win98 cd - how to add mouse.com (Sanjit Keskar: Thursday, December 7, 2006 at 1:39 pm) Responses to this message: re: bootable win98 cd - how to add mouse.com (Sanjit Keskar: Thursday, December 7, 2006 at 8:23 pm)

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