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- From: baardkjo@idt.unit.no (B}rd Kjos)
- Subject: Help: How to (not) identify a network drive
- Message-ID: <1992Dec16.141307.3469@ugle.unit.no>
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- Organization: Div. of CS & Telematics, Norwegian Institute of Technology
- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 92 14:13:07 GMT
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- I've written a device driver implementing a RAM disk. The driver uses
- an add-on board with up to 320 MB DRAM for storage. My problem is,
- MS-DOS has got this stupid idea it is a network drive, and certain
- programs (e.g. CHKDSK, Norton Disk Doctor ) does not accept the disk.
- Could anyone out there help me with the following, please:
-
- How does MS-DOS identify a network drive?
-
- Why is my drive identified as a network drive when the Media Descriptor
- Byte i return says "Fixed disk" (0f8h)?
-
- How do i get MS-DOS to understand "the true nature" of my driver?
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