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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Subject: Re: Problem with Diskcopy on Drive A: Object Menu
- Message-ID: <1992Nov12.232910.21737@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
- References: <1992Nov11.211306.5241@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 23:29:10 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov11.211306.5241@leland.Stanford.EDU> mrbill@leland.Stanford.EDU (William Bowen) writes:
- >When I try to copy a floppy using the Copy Disk option on the Drive A:
- >object in the WPS, it starts diskcopy a: b: instead of diskcopy a: a:.
- >It prompts
- >Insert SOURCE diskette in Drive A:
- >Insert TARGET diskette in Drive B: ...
- >Is there a way to change this? My a: is a 3.5" whereas b: is 5.25; I
- >would have expected OS/2 to react accordingly when I choose Copy Disk.
-
- Working as designed, apparently. I suggest using DISKCOPY from the
- command line. You can also create a DISKCOPY program object easily
- enough.
-
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