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Re: Dual-boot CD driver?

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From: Steven Ellis
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

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