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- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer
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- From: cnadler@vnet.ibm.com (Cliff Nadler)
- Subject: Re: Generic CDROM Configuration
- Sender: @watson.ibm.com
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.170858.54884@watson.ibm.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 92 17:08:58 GMT
- News-Software: IBM OS/2 PM RN (NR/2) v0.15 by O. Vishnepolsky and R. Rogers
- Lines: 32
- Reply-To: cnadler@vnet.ibm.com (Cliff Nadler)
- References: <1992Dec29.154008.5658@rock.concert.net>
- Organization: IBM T. J. Watson Research
-
- In <1992Dec29.154008.5658@rock.concert.net> rls@tip.wedge.nt.com (Robert L. Smith) writes:
- > My drive also doesn't work in a DOS window under OS/2. An
- >executable named "mscdex.exe", apparently written by Microsoft, came
- >with the drive adapter. Its function under MSDOS is to assign the
- >CDROM adapter to drive letter E:, which is the next available drive on
- >my system, and make it accessible there by other DOS programs. When
- >executed in a DOS window under OS/2, it produces the complaint,
- > Incorrect DOS version
- > This also happened at first under MSDOS, but MSDOS provides a
- >separate program, "setver", which eliminates that complaint if invoked
- >as a driver in config.sys. Unfortunately, MDOS under OS/2 does not
- >contain the setver program, and the DOS 5.0 version will not run under
- >OS/2 DOS.
-
- I can't help with the parameters for the CD-ROM under OS/2, but you can do
- the same thing as SETVER does in DOS. From the program object that you will
- start MSCDEX.EXE from (either the DOS command prompt or an object specific
- to MSCDEX) open the Settings (right mouse button on the object, select the
- arrow to the right of the Open option, then select Settings).
-
- 1) Go to the Session page.
- 2) Select the DOS Settings button (and make sure the appropriate DOS prompt
- is selected).
- 3) Scroll down until you see DOS_VERSION and select it
- 4) On the right will be a list box. Add "MSCDEX.EXE,5,0,255" to the next line
- 5) Save the DOS Settings and close the Settings window
-
- Cliff Nadler
- IBM Federal Systems Company
-
- Note: This post represents the views of the poster, not those of IBM or the
- IBM Federal Systems Company
-