On Sat, 20 Apr 2002 at 10:43:25, ZN wrote:
(ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
>Phoebus Dokos wrote:
>
>> but I was asking if you can assign a .win file (any QXL.WIN file,
>> regardless of filename or disk - a la QPC :-).
>
>The only way I know that works with QXL, assuming you are using DOS is to
>use SUBST. Essentially, create a directory to emulate a dribe, then do
>SUBST X: directory (or was it directory X: ...not sure, it was a while ago)
>where X: is an unused drive letter < K. Keep in mind that the letter to win
>mapping seems to be hard-coded. So, D will be win2_ etc. if you already
>have a D and can't put a QXL.win file on it (for instance if it's a CD
>ROM), tough luck :-(
The syntax is:
subst [drive1: [drive2:]path]
drive1: is the virtual path
drive2: is the physical drive containing 'path'
drive1: can be any unused letter up to the 'lastdrive=' in config.sys
You must have had 'lastdrive=k' in config.sys
Well done - you remembered well.
You can free the CDROM letter though (order is vital of course (8-)# )
subst R: D:
subst D: C:\driveD
This was where I had one very large physical drive as C and a CDROM as
D. I had a lot of links/batch files/programs etc that needed stuff in D
- it would have been hell reconfiguring. It worked very well. If you
have more than one physical drive though, it is hell remembering what
disk drive contains what physical data.
Like Nasta, I hope I remember right - it was a long time ago.
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