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"Pavel" wrote:
> For the following to work, you will need a bootable diskette. DOS 6, Windows
> 95 or Windows98 formatted bootable diskette will do. If you do not have one,
> you can download an image of such disk from
> http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm.
>
>
>
> Can I open Drivespace with windows XP?
>
> You can not but what you could do is create a bootable floppy that was
> created with Win98. The floppy must contain DRVSPACE.BIN that is normally
> placed there automatically with format /s. On the boot floppy create text
> file called DRVSPACE.INI and insert following line in it:
>
> ActivateDrive=P,B0
>
>
> Assuming that your compressed disk is a floppy disk and you have one or two
> floppy disk drives then the above
> line will be correct. If your compressed drive is on hard disk or other
> media then you need the change the drive letter from B to the corresponding
> letter:
>
> ActivateDrive=P,E0
>
> Once booted, you can access your compressed drive normal ways. If the
> compression used was Drivespace 2 then you can read/write to this drive. If
> the compression used was Drivespace 3 then do not attempt to write to it.
> The letter P in the above line represents the drive letter that will be
> assigned to the noncompressed portion of the drive. If you already have
> drive P then you should change it to any letter that is not in use.
> The number after the source drive B0 represents the number found in the name
> of the compressed image. So if the image name is DRVSPACE.000 then B0 is
> used, if the name is DRVSPACE.003 then B3 must be used.
>
> To access DriveSpace compressed floppy with only one floppy drive available,
> after booting type B: <return>, you will be prompted to change the diskette.
>
>
> --
> Pavel
>
>
Well, I've tried this but to no avail. I have an old HDD--I think it is
Win95. I can't get it to mount. WHen I try to attach it to one of the IDE
cables with my dualbook Linux/W98 box, the box won't mount (can't find GRUB).
When I look at it from a different Linux box I can see its directory, but
if I try to copy it there is an error after a short while. The directory I
see is this:
[root@linserv copydisks]# ls
command.com dblspace.bin drvspace.bin io.dos msdos.--- msdos.sys
command.dos drvspace.000 drvspace.ini io.sys msdos.dos recycled
[root@linserv copydisks]# ls -al
total 164448
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 16384 Dec 31 1969 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Aug 17 14:05 ..
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 92870 Jul 11 1995 command.com
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 54645 May 31 1994 command.dos
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 71287 Jul 11 1995 dblspace.bin
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 167744000 Jan 2 1980 drvspace.000
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 71287 Jul 11 1995 drvspace.bin
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 89 Dec 9 1995 drvspace.ini
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 40774 May 31 1994 io.dos
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 223148 Jul 11 1995 io.sys
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 22 Dec 9 1995 msdos.---
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 38138 May 31 1994 msdos.dos
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 1641 Dec 12 1995 msdos.sys
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 10 1995 recycled
[root@linserv copydisks]#
When I try to use the directions given in the previous post here they don't
work. I may be doing it wrong. I'm assuming that if the troublesome HDD is on
the primary IDE cable, I should refer to it as C in setting up the
ActivateDrive command on the startup disk. When I start from the floppy and
try to CD to this drive, I get an "Invalid drive" message. I get the same
when I try to change to 'P:'.
I initially tried doing the procedure with a second HDD on the secondary IDE
connection. But then the computer treated it as drive C and I couldn't find
any way to activate the drivespace drive.
Thanks for any help.
> For the following to work, you will need a bootable diskette. DOS 6, Windows
> 95 or Windows98 formatted bootable diskette will do. If you do not have one,
> you can download an image of such disk from
> http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm.
>
>
>
> Can I open Drivespace with windows XP?
>
> You can not but what you could do is create a bootable floppy that was
> created with Win98. The floppy must contain DRVSPACE.BIN that is normally
> placed there automatically with format /s. On the boot floppy create text
> file called DRVSPACE.INI and insert following line in it:
>
> ActivateDrive=P,B0
>
>
> Assuming that your compressed disk is a floppy disk and you have one or two
> floppy disk drives then the above
> line will be correct. If your compressed drive is on hard disk or other
> media then you need the change the drive letter from B to the corresponding
> letter:
>
> ActivateDrive=P,E0
>
> Once booted, you can access your compressed drive normal ways. If the
> compression used was Drivespace 2 then you can read/write to this drive. If
> the compression used was Drivespace 3 then do not attempt to write to it.
> The letter P in the above line represents the drive letter that will be
> assigned to the noncompressed portion of the drive. If you already have
> drive P then you should change it to any letter that is not in use.
> The number after the source drive B0 represents the number found in the name
> of the compressed image. So if the image name is DRVSPACE.000 then B0 is
> used, if the name is DRVSPACE.003 then B3 must be used.
>
> To access DriveSpace compressed floppy with only one floppy drive available,
> after booting type B: <return>, you will be prompted to change the diskette.
>
>
> --
> Pavel
>
>
Well, I've tried this but to no avail. I have an old HDD--I think it is
Win95. I can't get it to mount. WHen I try to attach it to one of the IDE
cables with my dualbook Linux/W98 box, the box won't mount (can't find GRUB).
When I look at it from a different Linux box I can see its directory, but
if I try to copy it there is an error after a short while. The directory I
see is this:
[root@linserv copydisks]# ls
command.com dblspace.bin drvspace.bin io.dos msdos.--- msdos.sys
command.dos drvspace.000 drvspace.ini io.sys msdos.dos recycled
[root@linserv copydisks]# ls -al
total 164448
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 16384 Dec 31 1969 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Aug 17 14:05 ..
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 92870 Jul 11 1995 command.com
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 54645 May 31 1994 command.dos
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 71287 Jul 11 1995 dblspace.bin
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 167744000 Jan 2 1980 drvspace.000
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 71287 Jul 11 1995 drvspace.bin
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 89 Dec 9 1995 drvspace.ini
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 40774 May 31 1994 io.dos
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 223148 Jul 11 1995 io.sys
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 22 Dec 9 1995 msdos.---
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 38138 May 31 1994 msdos.dos
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 1641 Dec 12 1995 msdos.sys
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 10 1995 recycled
[root@linserv copydisks]#
When I try to use the directions given in the previous post here they don't
work. I may be doing it wrong. I'm assuming that if the troublesome HDD is on
the primary IDE cable, I should refer to it as C in setting up the
ActivateDrive command on the startup disk. When I start from the floppy and
try to CD to this drive, I get an "Invalid drive" message. I get the same
when I try to change to 'P:'.
I initially tried doing the procedure with a second HDD on the secondary IDE
connection. But then the computer treated it as drive C and I couldn't find
any way to activate the drivespace drive.
Thanks for any help.