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Re: Problem with NT351 server CDrom - cant add new drivers

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From: Xav
Date: Mon, 01 Jan 1996 00:00
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On Mon, 01 Jan 96 00:53:53 GMT, Richard Ashton
<richard@corixia.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>In article <30e6dbc9.6499201@distort.demon.co.uk>
>           Nigel@falken.demon.co.uk "Nigel Belbin" writes:
>
>}
>} I have the PC Mag editors collection cdrom which has NT 3.51 server on it in a
>} directory called NT351. This directory contains a lot of .s files which
>} presumably identify the disk numbers. The drivers are all in a subdir named
>} i386... For some reason when I tried to install drivers from the CD for a Dat
>} drive the setup program requested that I insert disk 23 or the server cd rom...
>} I tried both d:\nt351 and d:\nt351\i386 as the3 path but neither worked - I had
>} to give up and install the driver manually :(
>}
>} Can anyone tell me whats wrong & how to fix it??
>
>No but I can add to it :)
>
>I tried to install the Large Fonts and it said insert disk 8 or the
>server CDROM and like you I tried m:\nt351 and m:\mt351\i386 and in
>the end had to fake it manually ( M: is because there is a lot of disk
>in this machine now :)
>
>Anyone know a fix ?
>

I assumed it was because there is no label on the cd.  In the end I
copied the whole of the NT part of the cd to the hard drive and had no
problems running changes to the set-up from there.

Xav
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From: xav@mantra01.demon.co.uk (Xav)
Subject: Re: Problem with NT351 server CDrom - cant add new drivers
Date: 1996/01/01
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