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From: bxw@ccadfa.adfa.oz.au (Brad Willcott)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: Re: DOS 5.0 and CD-ROM
Message-ID: <2441@ccadfa.adfa.oz.au>
Date: 18 Jun 91 14:57:49 GMT
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wiggins@zodiac.rutgers.edu writes:

>Hi!

>I hope someone can help me out. I Just upgraded to DOS 5.0 from DOS 4.01
>on my 386SX clone. My problem in a nutshell is that now DOS wont recognize
>my CHINON CDS431 CD-ROM drive.

>You can attach to the drive, but when you try to perform any IO such as
>DIR, DOS returns "Invalid Drive."

>The drive worked well under DOS 4.01, and I have changed nothing else besides
>the OS. My MS CDROM Extensions are version 2.10. Do I have to upgrade my MSCDX?

Yes.  From what I remember, you will have to go back to your CD-ROM hardware
supplier/manufacturer to get an upgrade for the Microsoft CD-ROM Extensions.

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