From: dimento@opal.cs.tu-berlin.de (Christian Moskal)
Subject: Problems with mscdex under os/2
Organization: Techn. University of Berlin, Germany
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1992 20:13:40 GMT

TO: alt.cdrom, comp.os.os2.misc
DATE: 10/04/92
SUB: CD-ROM drives under OS/2?

Hello,

I recently migrated to OS/2 but I still have problems to get MSCDEX to 
work in a DOS session although MSCDEX always worked fine under MS-DOS 5.0. 
I keep getting the error-message: 'incorrect DOS version'. Now I have 
tried to alter my OS/2 CONFIG.SYS file and included the line 'DEVICE=
C:\DOS\SETVER.EXE' but still I kept getting the same error message every 
time I initiated a DOS session from OS/2.

Well, I thought that maybe someone already had the same problems I am 
experiencing right now. So, please, if someone would be so kind to email
me a solution or pointers!

I want to know if there is a chance of getting my CD-ROM,  which is an 
almost ancient drive, to work in a DOS session. I know that there is 
probabaly no possibility to get my drive to work in a OS/2 session since 
I don't have a SCSI drive. A special bus card is controlling the drive 
and as I have said before, it works fine under MS-DOS 5.

Any help will be highly appreciated ...

Cheers,    Chris


I am enclosing my DOS and O2/2 CONFIG.SYS as well as the AUTOEXEC.BAT files:

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DOS -->

LASTDRIVE=Z
DEVICE=C:\DOS\SETVER.EXE
DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE ram 640
DEVICE=C:\DOS\MTMCDD.SYS /D:MSCD001 /P:300 /A:0 /M:20 /T:1 /I:5
DOS=HIGH
COUNTRY=049,850,C:\DOS\COUNTRY.SYS
DEVICE=C:\DOS\DISPLAY.SYS CON=(EGA,,1)
FILES=30
BUFFERS=30
STACKS=9,256

C:\DOS\SMARTDRV.EXE
C:\DOS\mouse.COM /Y /LD
C:\DOS\SETSPEED /P2 /FC:\DOS\MOUSEPRO.FIL
C:\DOS\MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD001 /L:F
@ECHO OFF
PROMPT $p$g
PATH C:\WINDOWS\ALDUS;C:\WINDOWS\PM4;C:\DOS\;C:\WP51\;C:\ONLINE\PACKER\;C:\CDROM\HD\CD\ACD\;C:\CDROM\HD\DIR\ZDIR\;C:\UNIX\
SET TEMP=C:\DOS
SET TAPEID=0:3:0
REM Logical drive# fuer UNIX-tar. aspi4dos.sys (ADAPTEC-only)
MODE CON CODEPAGE PREPARE=((850) C:\DOS\EGA.CPI)
MODE CON CODEPAGE SELECT=850
KEYB GR,,C:\DOS\KEYBOARD.SYS


OS/2 -->

IFS=D:\OS2\HPFS.IFS  /CACHE:128 /CRECL:4 /AUTOCHECK:D
PROTSHELL=D:\OS2\PMSHELL.EXE
SET USER_INI=D:\OS2\OS2.INI
SET SYSTEM_INI=D:\OS2\OS2SYS.INI
SET OS2_SHELL=D:\OS2\CMD.EXE
SET AUTOSTART=PROGRAMS,TASKLIST,FOLDERS
SET RUNWORKPLACE=D:\OS2\PMSHELL.EXE
SET COMSPEC=D:\OS2\CMD.EXE
LIBPATH=.;D:\OS2\DLL;D:\OS2\MDOS;D:\;D:\OS2\APPS\DLL;
SET PATH=D:\OS2;D:\OS2\SYSTEM;D:\OS2\MDOS\WINOS2;D:\OS2\INSTALL;D:\;D:\OS2\MDOS;D:\OS2\APPS;
SET DPATH=D:\OS2;D:\OS2\SYSTEM;D:\OS2\MDOS\WINOS2;D:\OS2\INSTALL;D:\;D:\OS2\BITMAP;D:\OS2\MDOS;D:\OS2\APPS;
SET PROMPT=$i[$p]
SET HELP=D:\OS2\HELP;D:\OS2\HELP\TUTORIAL;
SET GLOSSARY=D:\OS2\HELP\GLOSS;
PRIORITY_DISK_IO=YES
FILES=20
DEVICE=D:\OS2\TESTCFG.SYS
DEVICE=D:\OS2\DOS.SYS
DEVICE=D:\OS2\PMDD.SYS
BUFFERS=30
IOPL=YES
DISKCACHE=64,LW
MAXWAIT=3
MEMMAN=SWAP,PROTECT
SWAPPATH=D:\OS2\SYSTEM 4096 6144
BREAK=OFF
THREADS=256
PRINTMONBUFSIZE=134,134,134
COUNTRY=049,D:\OS2\SYSTEM\COUNTRY.SYS
SET KEYS=ON
REM SET DELDIR=C:\DELETE,512;D:\DELETE,512;
BASEDEV=PRINT01.SYS
BASEDEV=IBM1FLPY.ADD
BASEDEV=IBM1S506.ADD
BASEDEV=OS2DASD.DMD
SET BOOKSHELF=D:\OS2\BOOK
SET EPATH=D:\OS2\APPS
DEVICE=D:\OS2\APPS\SASYNCDA.SYS 
PROTECTONLY=NO
SHELL=D:\OS2\MDOS\COMMAND.COM D:\OS2\MDOS /P
FCBS=16,8
RMSIZE=640
DEVICE=D:\OS2\MDOS\VEMM.SYS  
DEVICE=D:\OS2\MDOS\VMOUSE.SYS  
DOS=LOW,NOUMB
DEVICE=D:\OS2\MDOS\VDPX.SYS  
DEVICE=D:\OS2\MDOS\VXMS.SYS /UMB
DEVICE=D:\OS2\MDOS\VDPMI.SYS  
DEVICE=D:\OS2\MDOS\VCDROM.SYS    
DEVINFO=SCR,VGA,D:\OS2\VIOTBL.DCP
SET VIDEO_DEVICES=VIO_VGA
DEVICE=D:\OS2\POINTDD.SYS 
DEVICE=D:\OS2\MOUSE.SYS SERIAL=COM1 
DEVICE=D:\OS2\COM.SYS  
DEVICE=D:\OS2\MDOS\VCOM.SYS  
CODEPAGE=850,437
DEVINFO=KBD,GR,D:\OS2\KEYBOARD.DCP
DEVICE=D:\OS2\MDOS\VWIN.SYS  
SET VIO_VGA=DEVICE(BVHVGA)
DEVICE=D:\OS2\MDOS\VVGA.SYS 
IFS=D:\OS2\CDFS.IFS /Q 
BASEDEV=OS2SCSI.DMD 
DEVICE=C:\DOS\MTMCDD.SYS /D:MSCD001 /P:300 /A:0 /M:20 /T:1 /I:5
DEVICE=C:\DOS\SETVER.EXE

C:\DOS\MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD001 /L:F
@ECHO OFF
ECHO.
PROMPT $i$p$g
REM SET DELDIR=C:\DELETE,512;D:\DELETE,512;
PATH D:\OS2;D:\OS2\MDOS;D:\OS2\MDOS\WINOS2;D:\;C:\WINDOWS\ALDUS;C:\WINDOWS\PM4;C:\DOS\;C:\WP51\;C:\ONLINE\PACKER\;C:\CDROM\HD\CD\ACD\;C:\CDROM\HD\DIR\ZDIR\;C:\UNIX\
LOADHIGH APPEND D:\OS2;D:\OS2\SYSTEM
REM LOADHIGH DOSKEY FINDFILE=DIR /A /S /B $*
REM SET DIRCMD=/A
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---==*#  Christian Moskal, Hollaenderstr. 73, 1000 Berlin 51, Germany  #*==---
---==*#     email: dimento@cs.tu-berlin.de,  Tel. +49 30 451- 4692     #*==---
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