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echo: maximus
to: ROBBY DITTMANN
from: DAVE HAMILTON
date: 1997-09-03 12:21:00
subject: FB

 RD>> I'm trying to run it from drive F on the network machine.  If I run
 RD>> it from drive D on the BBS machine it works fine.
 DH>> Sounds to me like MAX.CTL refers to the drive as D, so 
 DH>> when FB looks at it it's lost.  What paths are in 
 DH>> filearea.ctl?
 RD> Yes, Max.Ctl has to show D: because the BBS runs on that machine. 
 RD> That's what I'm trying to work around.
Can you set up an alias on that machine so that drive D: is *also*
drive F:? That way, all machines and config files look for everything
on drive F:, though it is a different drive to different machines.
That's what I do here on my OS/2 network, and it works perfectly.
Best,
  dave
daveh@sbase.com
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