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- RmDriv
- Release 2.0
-
- by
-
- Eric DeVolder
- 11/23/91
-
-
- Welcome! You have just obtained the second release of RmDriv, a simple
- program that you can use to logically disable ANY drive on your system.
- The syntax for RmDriv is as follows:
-
- rmdriv [-de] d:
-
- where d: is any drive (A-Z) that you wish to disable, and the switches,
- -d or -e, are used to force disabling or enabling of a logical DOS drive.
- If no option is specified, RmDriv will toggle between enabling and
- disabling the drive.
-
- Always use caution when disabling the boot drive, especially when it is
- C:. DOS often looks for COMMAND.COM on the boot drive, and if this drive
- is disabled, DOS will halt the system.
-
- You can also use RmDriv to enable any drive (A-Z). However, using RmDriv
- to enable any drive that was previously invalid will produce undesired
- effects when trying to access the drive. In addition, RmDriv will enable
- any drive as if it were a physical drive. Therefore, if you disable a
- network drive, you can not enable the drive again using RmDriv. To enable
- any physical drive, simply enter the command above with the -e option.
-
- Changes in release 2.0 over 1.0 are added support for PC/MS-DOS 5.0, and
- also the ability to force disable/enable of a logical DOS drive. RmDriv
- is not a Terminate and Stay Resident (TSR) program. RmDriv will only
- run under PC/MS-DOS 3.3 or above. RmDriv has been tested under
- PC/MS-DOS 3.3, 4.01, and 5.0. This program does not depend on your
- hardware configuration whatsoever, it depends only on DOS, which means
- that RmDriv will in no way harm your disks or their contents.
-
- Attention Network Administrators: Your mileage will vary on this program.
- Some networks will remap DOS drives to the extent that this program is
- useless. In general, I have found that disabling a drive before the
- network is invoked will nearly always result in that drive being disabled,
- with RmDriv not being able to re-enable it once the network is installed.
- This occurrence, though, is dependent upon your network server. I have
- had success running this program under newer releases of Novell.
-
- * * * D I S T R I B U T I O N O F R M D R I V * * *
-
- RmDriv is intended to be distributed under the ShareWare concept. If you
- wish to pass RmDriv on, please be sure to include the following files:
-
- RMDRIV.EXE
- RMDRIV20.DOC
-
- This program is being released under the good faith of the ShareWare
- program. Please register your copy if you decide to keep RmDriv.
-
- * * * P L E A S E R E G I S T E R Y O U R C O P Y * * *
-
- If you like using RmDriv, then please register your copy by
- sending to the address below the following:
-
- 1) Your Name and Address
- 2) How you obtained RmDriv
- 3) Any comments/questions about RmDriv, and
- 4) A check or money order for only $5.00 to
-
- Eric DeVolder
- 2618 Colonial Lane
- Salina, KS 66502
- E-mail: devolder@ksuvm.ksu.edu
-
- Please remember to register your version of RmDriv. When
- you register, you will be entitled to receive the newest version
- of RmDriv. However, RmDriv will continue to be enhanced only
- when people register their copies. Thank you for using RmDriv.
-