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openmind.desk.pl

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 8:55 am
Post subject: possible to assign drive letter A to HDD ?
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who knows ?
is there a solution fo virtual floppy based on HDD for programms that
require floppy ?

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Rolf Blom

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 8:55 am
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On 2005-04-29 12:28, openmind.desk.pl wrote:
 > who knows ?
 > is there a solution fo virtual floppy based on HDD for programms that
 > require floppy ?
 >

I guess it depends on what level the floppy access is done.
(I assume you use a windows based pc.)

There used to be a dos command SUBST that could make a driveletter
redirect to a directory but I haven't seen it in the later windows versions.

I think ASSIGN will change driveletters only, unless the program has
changed lately.

If you actually need to access floppy drive geometry, I don't know.

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 8:55 am
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Rolf Blom wrote:

 > On 2005-04-29 12:28, openmind.desk.pl wrote:
  >> who knows ?
  >> is there a solution fo virtual floppy based on HDD for programms that
  >> require floppy ?
  >>
 >
 > I guess it depends on what level the floppy access is done.
 > (I assume you use a windows based pc.)
 >
 > There used to be a dos command SUBST that could make a driveletter
 > redirect to a directory but I haven't seen it in the later windows
 > versions.

SUBST is present in Server 2003 and works fine, but it will not use a drive
letter that is already assigned to a device.

 > I think ASSIGN will change driveletters only, unless the program has
 > changed lately.

I don't believe that ASSIGN exists in any of the NT-derived Windows
variants.
 >
 > If you actually need to access floppy drive geometry, I don't know.
 >
 > /Rolf

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 11:06 am
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You can do this with QSoft's ramdisk. I set mine to B:, but forget whether
the property sheet does this or you need to use regedit.

However, it shows up as Local Disk not Floppy Disk:
b: = \Device\Ramdisk
Media=Fixed, Sector=512B, Cylinders=8, Heads=2, Sectors=32, Total=256KB

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 > who knows ?
 > is there a solution fo virtual floppy based on HDD for programms that
 > require floppy ?
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 3:55 pm
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 > who knows ?
 > is there a solution fo virtual floppy based on HDD for programms that
 > require floppy ?

VMware and alike give the best emulation.
But, which programs do you need it for?

Maybe SUBST or ramdrive are good enough?<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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openmind.desk.pl

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(Msg. 6) Posted: Sun May 01, 2005 6:55 am
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subst works fine for me

thank you very much, you really helped me

best regards, Piotr
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