Thanks for the responses.
I think I have found the
problem and a workaround. For some reason that I
don't understand, some commands, like xcopy, decide
to search the path (even when the parametes are
fully specific). For the System ID on this
machine it had D: in its path, which is a
Tomcat is not a service, but when it
is a service, the server machine twice puts up a message
box with:
There is no disk in the drive. Please insert a disk in the
drive \Device\Harddisk\DR1.
If I hit Continue it goes on to work just fine.
If I put in two xcopy statements the message comes up
.cmd file to populate some
directories. One of the lines in the cmd file is
xcopy InitialProject\*.* Projects\%1 /E
This works fine when Tomcat is not a service, but when it
is a service, the server machine twice puts up a message
box with:
There is no disk in the drive. Please insert
At 10:48 AM 7/11/2001, you wrote:
Hi,
It could be trying to get a lock on a used file.
No idea how to fix it though 8o)
Whatever it is it's a pretty poor design flaw.
Sometimes these programs get over it if you simply
put a disk in the drive. Or if you know what file
its looking for create
CAUSE
This problem occurs when the PATH statement in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file,
Windows NT System Environment Variables, or User Environment Variables for
user name references a floppy disk drive or CD-ROM drive.
If you reference a floppy disk or CD-ROM drive in the AUTOEXEC.BAT, Windows
NT 4.0 does
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-Original Message-
From: Frank Lawlor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 8:17 AM
To: Tomcat (E-mail)
Subject: There is no disk in the drive!
When I run my web application using Tomcat as a service
under windows 2000 (Tomcat
