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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

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