Re: Windows for workgroups + CD-ROM

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From: Scott Evernden
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 18:54

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In article <gregz.727499296@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU> gregz@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Greg Ziegler) writes:
>msieber@sgcl1.unisg.ch writes:
>
>use the /s option on your mscdex line in the autoexec file
>don't forget to increase your number of files to 50 or60
>

Even with the /S switch, sharing of a CDROM over a network is problematic.
The usual problem is that only one or two directories and no files appear
in FileManager.  I've seen this with a couple of different networks...
I've not been able to run the MSDNCD viewer reliably over a network.

-scott

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Subject: Re: Windows for workgroups + CD-ROM
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