To: lorier AT ihug DOT co DOT nz
Cc: opendos-developer AT delorie DOT com
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Organization: International Brownian Movement
From: "-= ArkanoiD =-" <ark AT mpak DOT convey DOT ru>
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 97 01:13:50 +0300
Subject: Re: Usage of directory entries
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nuqneH,

> Date: Thu, 17 Apr 97 23:04 NZST
> To: grendel AT hoth DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl
> From: Lorier <lorier AT ihug DOT co DOT nz>
> Subject: Re: Usage of directory entries
> Cc: Matthias DOT Paul AT post DOT rwth-aachen DOT de, opendos-developer AT delorie DOT com
[dd]
> How does the DRIVER.SYS support work?  I've heard lots of references but no
> phyiscal information has come forward :)
>

BTW is ms-dos tape support via driver.sys/drivparm real or that lines in
DOS manual about DOS tape filesystem access just mean nothing?

> >This interface allows you to create/mount any type of disk into the system.
> >This approach is much easier than that of MSCDEX in which CD-ROM is being
> >treated as a network drive with all disadvantages of such.
>
> Hmm, a CD-ROM is readonly (like a network drive), is Changable (like a
> network drive being mapped in vs a HDD which never changes).... The other
> way of handling a CDROM would be like a big floppy...

The current way of CD-ROM handling causes a major problem (for me at least):
CD-ROM cannot be join'ed or mount'ed.
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