Re: LABEL in DOS 6.22 "Cannot make directory entry" ???

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From: Harry Broomhall
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:00

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In article <912000949snz@longley.demon.co.uk>,
	David@longley.demon.co.uk (David Longley) writes:
> Can anyone explain what it means when one gets a
> 
> "Cannot make directory entry" when using label to relabel a  hard 
> disk under DOS 6.22 (Dr Sol reports no virus).

  One possibility is that the root directory is full, so there is
no spare slot to put the label.  (The label is a directory entry
with special flags set.)   Try deleteing or moving some files out
of the root and try again.

  Regards,
    Harry.

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From: haeb@haeb.noc.easynet.net (Harry Broomhall)
Subject: Re: LABEL in DOS 6.22 "Cannot make directory entry" ???
Date: 1998/11/25
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