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Article #1593Re: Dual-boot CD driver?
From: Steven Ellis
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 00:00
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 00:00
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In article <B115A755966848F31@cara.demon.co.uk>, peter@cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole) wrote: >Subject: Dual-boot CD driver? >From: peter@cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole) >Organization: none >Date: Sun, 22 Feb 1998 09:58:45 +0000 >Newsgroups: demon.tech.mac > >Demon have started to make the Dispatches CD dual-boot, which is a >nuisance. > >It often contains files which I want to get across to my Toshiba, which is >CD-less. I copy them, using the Mac, to a DOS Zip cartridge, then to the >Toshiba. > >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 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? > There is a control panel called MultiSession Mounter that will let a mac mount other volumes from a CD if the CD drive supports them.. I thinks it's free.. As already mentioned. FWB's CD driver will also do it automatically. Steve ---- At work so usually only lurking .... StevenEllis@microapl.demon.co.uk. ---- Eric Clapton.... May the hand of God play guitar forever.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10b5a2,85f88133f80c6ca X-Google-Attributes: gid10b5a2,public From: StevenEllis@microapl.demon.co.uk.nospam (Steven Ellis) Subject: Re: Dual-boot CD driver? Date: 1998/02/23 Message-ID: <B11737F5966834A5B@microapl.demon.co.uk> X-Deja-AN: 327841259 References: <B115A755966848F31@cara.demon.co.uk> X-NNTP-Posting-Host: microapl.demon.co.uk [158.152.34.160] Organization: MicroAPL Ltd Newsgroups: demon.tech.mac