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Re: Win32 Port
>>>>> "Nik" == Nik Ahmad Fahmi <nfahmi@abdulla.pc.my> writes:
In article <836364816.44snx@abdulla.pc.my> nfahmi@abdulla.pc.my (Nik Ahmad Fahmi) writes:
Nik> In article <ufraqyeq50.fsf@ftp.ardi.com> ctm@ardi.com writes:
>>
Nik> Would your Win32 port support CDFS instead of mscdex for
Nik> recognising the CD-ROM? I'm probably missing something when I
Nik> use Exec_Dos beta1 coz' it wouldn't recognise my CD and also
Nik> all my other dos drive ... it is crippled? I tried executor
Nik> with the -dosdrives and -macdrives options but none work.
>> We'll use whatever we officially should use to access raw
>> CD-ROM sectors in win32. I haven't looked into it enough to
>> know that it's CDFS, but it definitely isn't MSCDEX.
Nik> I just installed RedHat Linux 3.0.3 as well and tried out the
Nik> Linux_Elf version of 1.99 .... the CD-ROM got recognised
Nik> without any extra efforts.
Yes, Linux is *so* much easier to program than DOS is.
>> Can it see DOS CDs and not Mac CDs? That's the most common
>> failure these days and it appears to be due to the version of
>> MSCDEX that is provided by Windows '95.
Nik> It can see neither formats... nor my other DOS HD partitions
Nik> except the partitions it's being installed to and if I put a
Nik> Mac formatted disk in my Zip drive.
Nik> FYI, I have the following drive letters:
Nik> Drive Type Recognised by Executor_DOS
Nik> ----- ------------- --------------------------
DOS format MAC format
Nik> C: IDE HD No N/A
Nik> D: 1st Part
Nik> on SCSI HD No N/A
Nik> E: 2nd Part
Nik> on SCSI HD Yes N/A
Nik> F: Iomega Zip
Nik> SCSI version No Yes
Nik> G: IDE ATAPI
Nik> CD-ROM (6X) No No
Nik> H: SCSI CD-ROM (2X) No No
Nik> Note: a) E: is recognised as it's the partition Executor 2
Nik> is installed to
Nik> b) Under DOS mode, I can only get H: working as only one copy
of MSCDEX is allowed to run.
Nik> Thanks. --
Are you running Executor 2 beta 1, or 1.99q<something>? The inability
to see your other drives sounds like a bug that was in the last
version of 1.99q, but is not present in E2beta1.
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--Cliff
ctm@ardi.com
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