28 Feb
2002
28 Feb
'02
6:21 a.m.
Commands such as FORMAT, DISKCOPY and DISKCOMP ignore drive reassignments.
Perhaps the MS install program did something similar to these commands.
Bob
-----Original Message-----
From: Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) [mailto:cisin@xenosoft.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 2:04 PM
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Multiple floppies in one system?
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BUT, ...
The INSTALL program of MS-DOS 6.00 would NOT work with an ASSIGNed drive!
28 Feb
28 Feb
12:42 p.m.
On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, Feldman, Robert wrote:
Commands such as FORMAT, DISKCOPY and DISKCOMP ignore
drive reassignments.
Perhaps the MS install program did something similar to these commands.
Exactly.
FORMAT, DISKCOPY, and DISKCOMP have a ggod reason to do so, since they
might want to operate at a sector/BIOS level below the file system.
But the INSTALLATION program for the OS (upgrade version) should both be
settable to any drive, and should be capableof abiding by reassignments.
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