On Tue, 05 Nov 2002 17:33:51 -0800, Ray Andrews wrote: > Hi Glenn,
> I tried that rename of cdrom.ikn fix for the 'your computer' hang problem > with no luck. (I get exactly the same hang when I hit the "\\" button in > 'all files'). But riddle me this: I can access every drive on my computer > by typing the drive letter by hand up in the what-ever-you- call-it bar up > at the top of the screen. If I do load my CD drivers, I can likewise > access these individually no problem by typing in their drive letters. > Arachne clearly can access CD's under DOS, but only one at a time, it > seems. > Also, there is something else that's funny: My real drive letters end at > I:, and my subst'ed drives start at R:; all the subst'ed drives are > accessed no problem, but if I type in any drive letter between J: and Q: > (these letters are NOT in use remember), I get a phoney report--there is no > volume label shown, but there is a 'free space' figure shown which is > unlike that of any of my real drives. > The problems are identical under either command.com or 4dos.com, but they > disappear if I run Arachne under Win98 -- CD's are assessed just fine, and > 'your computer' dosen't hang. But this is strange: After I quit windows > back to dos (I know how to do this using the 'mark' & 'release' commands), > 'your computer' will not hang the machine, and if I do try to access the > CD's (there is NO DRIVER LOADED remember) Arachne treats them the same as > the phantom drives mentioned above (no volume label, but a phoney 'free > space' number. > If I do load my CD drivers, then start win98, then quit win98, > *everything* is fine: 'your computer' dosen't hang, and I can assess my > CD's with no problem (using the DOS drivers, it seems). So it seems that > starting then quitting win98 does something magical that makes the DOS > CD drivers work ok. I get the feeling that this should be fixable. > Can you make anything of it? In the voice of Jonnie 5 from the movue Short Circuit: I need more input.<g> Try this. Do not load W98 and restart in Dos mode. Boot directly to Dos. Load the CDROM drivers. Do not load Subst. Does everything work correctly ??? -- Glenn http://arachne.cz/ http://www.delorie.com/listserv/mime/ http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/download.htm http://www.thispagecannotbedisplayed.com/
