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Article #94Re: Problem with NT351 server CDrom - cant add new drivers
From: Nigel Belbin
Date: Mon, 01 Jan 1996 00:00
Date: Mon, 01 Jan 1996 00:00
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Neville Wilford <jnw@phaedrus.demon.co.uk> wrote: >The install/add drivers routine expects to see a directory off the root >for each given platform - thus here it's looking for <drive>\i386 > >The original install from the PCMAG-UK disk worked because a text file >was altered to expect <drive>\nt351\i386, but this only works for the >first install as the setup info does not persist. > >An easy fix is to share \nt351\i386 on your cdrom as i386, then mount it >from the SAME MACHINE as the next drive letter. > >Thus if g: is your cdrom, share g:\nt351\i386 as i386, >use file manager browser to mount this share as drive h: - >and it becomes h:\i386, and as such accessible to the setup program. > Thanks very much for the full explaination .... now it must be timne to ftp service pack 2 :) cheers nigel
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1036bc,a94cbc2d40e33f05 X-Google-Attributes: gid1036bc,public X-Google-Thread: f782f,a94cbc2d40e33f05 X-Google-Attributes: gidf782f,public From: Nigel@falken.demon.co.uk (Nigel Belbin) Subject: Re: Problem with NT351 server CDrom - cant add new drivers Date: 1996/01/01 Message-ID: <30e86601.20169868@distort.demon.co.uk> X-Deja-AN: 133600953 x-nntp-posting-host: falken.demon.co.uk references: <30e6dbc9.6499201@distort.demon.co.uk> <820524269snz@phaedrus.demon.co.uk> organization: 4th Dimension reply-to: Nigel@falken.demon.co.uk newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.admin.misc,demon.tech.pc