O openmind.desk.pl Apr 29, 2005 #1 who knows ? is there a solution fo virtual floppy based on HDD for programms that require floppy ?
R Rolf Blom Apr 29, 2005 #2 who knows ? is there a solution fo virtual floppy based on HDD for programms that require floppy ? Click to expand... I guess it depends on what level the floppy access is done. (I assume you use a windows based pc.) There used to be a dos command SUBST that could make a driveletter redirect to a directory but I haven't seen it in the later windows versions. I think ASSIGN will change driveletters only, unless the program has changed lately. If you actually need to access floppy drive geometry, I don't know. /Rolf
who knows ? is there a solution fo virtual floppy based on HDD for programms that require floppy ? Click to expand... I guess it depends on what level the floppy access is done. (I assume you use a windows based pc.) There used to be a dos command SUBST that could make a driveletter redirect to a directory but I haven't seen it in the later windows versions. I think ASSIGN will change driveletters only, unless the program has changed lately. If you actually need to access floppy drive geometry, I don't know. /Rolf
J J. Clarke Apr 29, 2005 #3 Rolf said: I guess it depends on what level the floppy access is done. (I assume you use a windows based pc.) There used to be a dos command SUBST that could make a driveletter redirect to a directory but I haven't seen it in the later windows versions. Click to expand... SUBST is present in Server 2003 and works fine, but it will not use a drive letter that is already assigned to a device. I think ASSIGN will change driveletters only, unless the program has changed lately. Click to expand... I don't believe that ASSIGN exists in any of the NT-derived Windows variants.
Rolf said: I guess it depends on what level the floppy access is done. (I assume you use a windows based pc.) There used to be a dos command SUBST that could make a driveletter redirect to a directory but I haven't seen it in the later windows versions. Click to expand... SUBST is present in Server 2003 and works fine, but it will not use a drive letter that is already assigned to a device. I think ASSIGN will change driveletters only, unless the program has changed lately. Click to expand... I don't believe that ASSIGN exists in any of the NT-derived Windows variants.
E Eric Gisin Apr 29, 2005 #4 You can do this with QSoft's ramdisk. I set mine to B:, but forget whether the property sheet does this or you need to use regedit. However, it shows up as Local Disk not Floppy Disk: b: = \Device\Ramdisk Media=Fixed, Sector=512B, Cylinders=8, Heads=2, Sectors=32, Total=256KB
You can do this with QSoft's ramdisk. I set mine to B:, but forget whether the property sheet does this or you need to use regedit. However, it shows up as Local Disk not Floppy Disk: b: = \Device\Ramdisk Media=Fixed, Sector=512B, Cylinders=8, Heads=2, Sectors=32, Total=256KB
P Peter Apr 29, 2005 #5 who knows ? is there a solution fo virtual floppy based on HDD for programms that require floppy ? Click to expand... VMware and alike give the best emulation. But, which programs do you need it for? Maybe SUBST or ramdrive are good enough?
who knows ? is there a solution fo virtual floppy based on HDD for programms that require floppy ? Click to expand... VMware and alike give the best emulation. But, which programs do you need it for? Maybe SUBST or ramdrive are good enough?
O openmind.desk.pl May 1, 2005 #6 subst works fine for me thank you very much, you really helped me best regards, Piotr
