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Article #1247Re: Windows for workgroups + CD-ROM
From: Anton Lam
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 14:45
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 14:45
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In article <1499@ottawa.opl.com.opl.com>, scott@opl.com (Scott Evernden) wrote: > > 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 I got the msg "error reading drive h:" even with the /S switch. No files or directories were displayed. Can anyone show me how to get info on the command line switches of MSCDEX and the .SYS device driver? Thanks Anton Lam
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!hp9000.csc.cuhk.hk!mac6041.csc.cuhk.hk!user From: anton-lam@cuhk.hk (Anton Lam) Subject: Re: Windows for workgroups + CD-ROM Message-ID: <anton-lam-270193224402@mac6041.csc.cuhk.hk> Followup-To: comp.os.ms-windows.setup Sender: usenet@hp9000.csc.cuhk.hk Nntp-Posting-Host: mac6041.csc.cuhk.hk Organization: The Chinese University of Hong Kong References: <1993Jan19.233240.398@sgcl1.unisg.ch> <gregz.727499296@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU> <1499@ottawa.opl.com.opl.com> Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 14:45:06 GMT Lines: 26