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- From: jkokko@lesti.hut.fi (Jari Kokko)
- Subject: Re: DOS installation
- Message-ID: <1992Sep9.155224.1996@nntp.hut.fi>
- Summary: assign or subst
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- Reply-To: jkokko@lesti.hut.fi (Jari Kokko)
- Organization: Helsinki University of Technology
- References: <BuBCM3.KBC@netnews.jhuapl.edu>
- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 15:52:24 GMT
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- Whenever some software wants something to be done from a particular
- drive or path (in this case DOS wants to install from drive a:)
- it is worthwhile to try assigning or substing in a way to fool it.
-
- In your case try "assign a=b" or "subst a: b:\"
-
- Disclaimer: as I'm not a walking dictionary, the syntax might be
- incorrect. However the principle is correct. (Try assign /? - Oh I am
- sorry you don't have DOS 5 yet ;)
- --
- /jkokko // Email: Jari.Kokko@hut.fi
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