* Drive labels with DR-DOS 7
@ 2003-01-21 17:10 Ross Vandegrift
2003-01-21 17:18 ` Bart Oldeman
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From: Ross Vandegrift @ 2003-01-21 17:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-msdos
Hello all,
We probably have the most elaborate DOS installation of anywhere
on the planet. Among our elaborate setup is a bunch of batch files that
do different things based on the drive label.
Under dosemu, my drive's label shows up as just "AP". Using
LABEL.EXE to change it gives me the error message "Unable to set volume
label". I use direct access to the disk to run dosemu. Is there a way
to change the label?
--
Ross Vandegrift
ross@willow.seitz.com
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He Blesses it. It is a Holy Holy-Water Cannon.
He Blesses the Hell out of it. It is a Wholly Holy Holy-Water Cannon.
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* Re: Drive labels with DR-DOS 7
2003-01-21 17:10 Drive labels with DR-DOS 7 Ross Vandegrift
@ 2003-01-21 17:18 ` Bart Oldeman
2003-01-21 17:43 ` Ross Vandegrift
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From: Bart Oldeman @ 2003-01-21 17:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ross Vandegrift; +Cc: linux-msdos
On Tue, 21 Jan 2003, Ross Vandegrift wrote:
> Under dosemu, my drive's label shows up as just "AP". Using
> LABEL.EXE to change it gives me the error message "Unable to set volume
> label". I use direct access to the disk to run dosemu. Is there a way
> to change the label?
it's probably easiest to do that using the Linux "mlabel" utility, part of
the mtools suite.
Bart
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* Re: Drive labels with DR-DOS 7
2003-01-21 17:18 ` Bart Oldeman
@ 2003-01-21 17:43 ` Ross Vandegrift
2003-01-21 17:54 ` Ross Vandegrift
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From: Ross Vandegrift @ 2003-01-21 17:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Bart Oldeman; +Cc: linux-msdos
On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 12:18:12PM -0500, Bart Oldeman wrote:
> it's probably easiest to do that using the Linux "mlabel" utility, part of
> the mtools suite.
Ah, ok - it seems that my DOS is having problems with drive labels
through dosemu. mlabel correctly reports the drive label, and I can
reset it, but in DOS, programs that read the label still get garbage.
LABEL.EXE usually crashes dosemu when run. If it doesn't, dosemu
usually crashes shortly after I try mucking with labels. I'm using
dosemu 1.0.2.1 under X11. Should I try 1.1.4?
--
Ross Vandegrift
ross@willow.seitz.com
A Pope has a Water Cannon. It is a Water Cannon.
He fires Holy-Water from it. It is a Holy-Water Cannon.
He Blesses it. It is a Holy Holy-Water Cannon.
He Blesses the Hell out of it. It is a Wholly Holy Holy-Water Cannon.
He has it pierced. It is a Holey Wholly Holy Holy-Water Cannon.
He makes it official. It is a Canon Holey Wholly Holy Holy-Water Cannon.
Batman and Robin arrive. He shoots them.
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* Re: Drive labels with DR-DOS 7
2003-01-21 17:43 ` Ross Vandegrift
@ 2003-01-21 17:54 ` Ross Vandegrift
2003-01-21 18:52 ` Justin Zygmont
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From: Ross Vandegrift @ 2003-01-21 17:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Bart Oldeman; +Cc: linux-msdos
On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 12:43:04PM -0500, Ross Vandegrift wrote:
> Ah, ok - it seems that my DOS is having problems with drive labels
> through dosemu. mlabel correctly reports the drive label, and I can
> reset it, but in DOS, programs that read the label still get garbage.
Actually, it seems this could be a bug in DR-DOS. I just accidently
reproduced it on an actual DOS workstation. Crud.
--
Ross Vandegrift
ross@willow.seitz.com
A Pope has a Water Cannon. It is a Water Cannon.
He fires Holy-Water from it. It is a Holy-Water Cannon.
He Blesses it. It is a Holy Holy-Water Cannon.
He Blesses the Hell out of it. It is a Wholly Holy Holy-Water Cannon.
He has it pierced. It is a Holey Wholly Holy Holy-Water Cannon.
He makes it official. It is a Canon Holey Wholly Holy Holy-Water Cannon.
Batman and Robin arrive. He shoots them.
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* Re: Drive labels with DR-DOS 7
2003-01-21 17:54 ` Ross Vandegrift
@ 2003-01-21 18:52 ` Justin Zygmont
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From: Justin Zygmont @ 2003-01-21 18:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ross Vandegrift; +Cc: Bart Oldeman, linux-msdos
it's likely just that, i've noticed some other little bugs like that too.
One for example is that you need to type the full filename with the exe
extention in dosemu to run it. I have MS-DOS now anyways.
On Tue, 21 Jan 2003, Ross Vandegrift wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 12:43:04PM -0500, Ross Vandegrift wrote:
> > Ah, ok - it seems that my DOS is having problems with drive labels
> > through dosemu. mlabel correctly reports the drive label, and I can
> > reset it, but in DOS, programs that read the label still get garbage.
>
> Actually, it seems this could be a bug in DR-DOS. I just accidently
> reproduced it on an actual DOS workstation. Crud.
>
>
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* Re: Drive labels with DR-DOS 7
@ 2003-01-21 20:44 ams
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From: ams @ 2003-01-21 20:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-msdos
Ross said:
> Under dosemu, my drive's label shows up as just "AP". Using
And then:
> On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 12:43:04PM -0500, Ross Vandegrift wrote:
> > Ah, ok - it seems that my DOS is having problems with drive labels
> > through dosemu. mlabel correctly reports the drive label, and I can
> > reset it, but in DOS, programs that read the label still get garbage.
> Actually, it seems this could be a bug in DR-DOS. I just accidently
> reproduced it on an actual DOS workstation. Crud.
Actually it's probably LFN that strikes again.
This is what you get when you've a floppy with LFN (from WINDOZE) and
use MSDOZE 6.22 to look at it. That "AP" is the beginning of a LFN
that starts with "A".
Right,
MartinS
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