Mail Archives: opendos/1997/10/28/13:20:26
On Tue, 28 Oct 1997, Mark F. Warchol MSW-CAC-AAMFT wrote:
> 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?
The long filename program is a seperate download that works with 7.01 (I'm
assuming it works with 7.02 too). Download from:
http://www.caldera.co.uk/dos/download/lfnb1c.exe
> 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
Or you can just boot ms-dos which doesn't use the passwords. It's not
a good solution if you need to do this allot, but its ok for occasional
problems.
Evan
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