Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 16:14:40 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Mark Habersack <grendel AT hoth DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl>
Reply-To: grendel AT hoth DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl
To: -= ArkanoiD =- <ark AT mpak DOT convey DOT ru>
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Subject: Re: Usage of directory entries
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On Fri, 18 Apr 1997, -= ArkanoiD =- wrote:

> >
> 
> 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?
I've seen some software using DRIVER.SYS approach to achieve this task (I
think it accompanied the ExaBYTE DAT drive)

> > >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.
Exactly - and that's another reason to make it local and not networked drive.