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- Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
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- From: avlb@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu (A V Louis Biggie)
- Subject: Re: DOS installation
- Message-ID: <BuBqAH.2JF@netnews.jhuapl.edu>
- Sender: usenet@netnews.jhuapl.edu
- Reply-To: avlb@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu (A V Louis Biggie)
- Organization: JHU/Applied Physics Laboratory
- References: <1992Sep9.155224.1996@nntp.hut.fi>
- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 18:35:04 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep9.155224.1996@nntp.hut.fi>, jkokko@lesti.hut.fi (Jari
- Kokko) writes:
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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:\"
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- I have already tried assign - unfortunately it does not work. Is IBM prevent
- people who do not want their hardware from using their software?
-
- Louis
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