Mail Archives: opendos/1997/10/28/11:44:00
Would you need to install #702 for this longfile support driver or can it
be installed with #701 via a device driver in config? I search my #702
files and did not find a longfile.sys driver file?
Mark
On 1997-10-28 MPaul AT calderauk DOT com said:
MP>On 97/10/28 00:31:18 Robin asked:
MP>>i installed the lite version 7.01 and everything works fine. but
MP>>erverytime i try to copy a file from floppy to harddisk i receive
MP>>the error "invalid password".
MP>>can anyone explain me how i can get rid of this ?
MP>If you have not actually used the DR DOS style password protection
MP>scheme this indicates corrupted directory entries on either your
MP>harddisk (target) or your floppy (source). It is most likely, that
MP>you have written the files to floppy on a Windows95 system using
MP>long filenames. Since LFN use the directory entries in an rather
MP>incompatible way, an OS of the DR DOS family could misinterpret
MP>them as passwords, being applied to the fil There are several
MP>things you can do: - Try installing Caldera s LONGNAME driver to
MP>support long filenames under OpenDOS. - If the problem is located
MP>on your floppy, I recomment to run an old version (that is before
MP>1995) of PC-Tools DISKFIX or Norton Utilities Disk Doctor (NDD),
MP>which will most probably report currupted info on the disk. Answer
MP>Yes to the queries, if these tools shall correct the problem. They
MP>will wipe out the wrong cells in the directory entries with zeros
MP>and afterwards, DR DOS family OSes are no longer fooled by
MP>misinterpreting the entries. -You can do the same manually using a
MP>disk editor like Norton s DISKEDIT. Hope this helps,
MP>Matthias
MP>------------------------------------------------------------
MP>Matthias Paul
MP>eMail: <Matthias DOT Paul AT post DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
MP>Web: http://www.rhrz.uni-bonn.de/~uzs180/mpdokeng.html
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