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Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 06:35:08 +0100
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Subject: Re: Partition problem...
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>> BIOS... I do not know, how to do that...  :-/
>
>Just enter BIOS on startup pressing the DEL key. Than find something that
sounds
>like "IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION". Enter this mode and see what BIOS has
detected.
>After each detection succeeded/failed press the "N" key. Finally quit BIOS
using
>"EXIT WITHOUT SAVING". Post what BIOS has found...

Yet I know what you mean...
But it is not what I mean !!!

The Problem has nothing to do with BIOS and anything like this.

For example:    If you install Linux on one partition, you 
                will find the /tmp directory in the root.

                But I do not like to have the /tmp in my root.

                So I create a second partition and mount them as /tmp.
                No problem if it on a second Harddisk, because if I 
                remove the second harddisk, Linux can not mount the 
                partition and use the default...
                No data will lost.

                I have the same problem with a /data partition.

                In Dos it is a problem, because you can set only one
                TEMP variable. So I need to make a test whether the 
                Partition is there or not. Please note, that I have no
                directory (because Linux) on the TEMP-Partition.

                The other and bigger problem are the DATA-Partitions.
                My Program try to write to f: but it is not there !!!

                The Program ends in a crash... 
                Biggest Problem: the LOG-Files partition !!!

                Now I like to Test the Harddisk dns if it exist, they 
                must look for the partition whether it is there or not.

                Commandline is:

                SET temp=c:\tmp                 # set the default TEMP dir
                chk4part f:\tmp                 # check the partition and dir
                IF ERRORLEVEL 1 SET temp=f:     # set the new temp env-var

                where chk4part my program is which check for the partition.

                Please note that if you try from the commandline "dir m:"
                and the Partition is not there you get a error message.

                I must supress any error messages in my programs.
                And the chk4part.exe must be seperately from the program.

Thanks for your help
Michelle

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