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- From: anton-lam@cuhk.hk (Anton Lam)
- Subject: Re: Windows for workgroups + CD-ROM
- Message-ID: <anton-lam-270193224402@mac6041.csc.cuhk.hk>
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- Organization: The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- References: <1993Jan19.233240.398@sgcl1.unisg.ch> <gregz.727499296@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU> <1499@ottawa.opl.com.opl.com>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 14:45:06 GMT
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- In article <1499@ottawa.opl.com.opl.com>, scott@opl.com (Scott Evernden)
- wrote:
- >
- > In article <gregz.727499296@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU> gregz@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Greg Ziegler) writes:
- > >msieber@sgcl1.unisg.ch writes:
- > >
- > >use the /s option on your mscdex line in the autoexec file
- > >don't forget to increase your number of files to 50 or60
- > >
- >
- > Even with the /S switch, sharing of a CDROM over a network is problematic.
- > The usual problem is that only one or two directories and no files appear
- > in FileManager. I've seen this with a couple of different networks...
- > I've not been able to run the MSDNCD viewer reliably over a network.
- >
- > -scott
-
- I got the msg "error reading drive h:" even with the /S switch. No files or
- directories were displayed.
-
- Can anyone show me how to get info on the command line switches of MSCDEX
- and the .SYS device driver?
-
- Thanks
-
- Anton Lam
-