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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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