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E/NS and CD-ROM access
I don't know if there is a good workaround for this or not. When you
mount a drive under NEXTSTEP, it checks through a set sequence to determine
what all it is. CD-ROM is something like the second or third thing. HFX is
the last, I would presume because it is being added to the end of the list, as
it were. So, if you mount a Mac CD-ROM while Executor is running, it will be
loaded under NEXTSTEP, which cannot always see all the files on Mac CD-ROMs,
and thinks everything is a text file, even if it is an application. I've
solved some of this by rebooting with Daydream, transfering the necessary
executables to a SyQuest cartridge, rebooting NS, starting Executor, and then
iserting the SyQuest cartridge, which is then seen by Executor.
David Kelman
kelman@ncifcrf.gov