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- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: running MSCDEX in a DOS window
- Message-ID: <1992Nov21.155349.14341@midway.uchicago.edu>
- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 15:53:49 GMT
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- References: <1992Nov21.131633.10575@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
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- In article <1992Nov21.131633.10575@midway.uchicago.edu> pynq@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
- >I am trying to get my CDROM working under OS/2. However, I am not quite
- >ready to install it properly under OS/2, so I have been working on
- >loading the drivers in a DOS window. Loading the CDROM involves one
- >DEVICE= in CONFIG.SYS and one TSR (MSCDEX) loaded after booting.
- >It works fine in a "DOS from drive A" window. However, when I load it
- >in a normal DOS window, I get "Incorrect DOS version" when running MSCDEX.
- >I understand that this is a common problem. Is there a common solution?
- >Apparently, the DOS get version call (INT 21, AH=30) indicates
- >DOS version 20.0. Would any of the usual "SETVERSION" programs allow
- >MSCDEX to run?
-
- No, you need a specific DOS session, as you've been using. MSCDEX
- does not work under an emulated DOS session. Once you've convinced
- yourself that you like what "DOS from Drive A" is giving you, use the
- VMDISK command to create an image of the boot diskette on your hard
- disk -- see the online Command Reference and/or Appendix E of your
- Installation Guide for details.
-
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