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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Subject: Re: MSCDEX in OS/2
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.195520.11213@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
- References: <Nrc=f7_@engin.umich.edu> <1993Jan7.141616.13512@ornl.gov> <1993Jan7.154627.26421@apgea.army.mil>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 19:55:20 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan7.154627.26421@apgea.army.mil> rcmerrit@apgea.army.mil (Robert C. Merritt <rcmerrit>) writes:
- >Anyways, is there a version of mscdex.exe that works with os/2's verson of
- >dos? I want to run my CD-rom from a dos window/or full screen but all it
- >ever says is "incorrect dos version". I tried adding to my dos_version
- >settings:
- >mscdex.exe,5,00,255
- >and when that didn't work I tried:
- >mscdex.exe,4,01,255.
- >now I can get it to load in a VDM with msdos 5.00 but since I can't load it
- >high, there isn't room enough to run t of the programs I have for the bleedin
- >thing!
-
- Yes you can, if you use the memory management files provided in
- \OS2\MDOS (not the ones provided with MS-DOS 5.00). See Appendix E of
- your Installation Guide and/or the online Command Reference under
- VMDISK for further instructions.
-
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