Message-Id: <199710281642.KAA07093@endeavor.flash.net> To: From: "Mark F. Warchol MSW-CAC-AAMFT" CC: Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 11:42:37 +0500 Subject: Re: help with "invalid password" Precedence: bulk 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: MP>Web: http://www.rhrz.uni-bonn.de/~uzs180/mpdokeng.html