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Re: Dual-boot CD driver?

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From: Paul Womar
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 1998 00:00
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Peter Ceresole <peter@cara.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> Demon have started to make the Dispatches CD dual-boot, which is a
> nuisance.

> When it was straight DOS/Unix, this worked perfectly. Now, I find that the
> Apple CD-ROM driver won't let me read the DOS partition of dual-boot
> drives, even if I am using SoftWindows.

The latter part is very odd, I though they accessed the CD drive
directly, I suppose if you disable the Aplle drivers youc ould find out!

> The SoftWin manual tells me that there is a driver called RapidCD, from
> Insignia, that will allow me to read both. Are there any others? Shareware
> or free, even? Could I install such a driver without messing up my "normal"
> CD operation?

FWB CD Rom toolkit will certainly do it.
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From: Newsmaster@pwomar.demon.co.uk (Paul Womar)
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Date: 1998/02/22
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