Subj : Re: DIR on an empty CD-ROM drive under 4DOS 7.01A
To   : Dan McMullin
From : Klaus Meinhard
Date : Fri Mar 22 2002 08:38 am

From: Klaus.Meinhard@f3.n342.z1.cereal.mv.com (Klaus Meinhard)
Subject: Re: DIR on an empty CD-ROM drive under 4DOS 7.01A

From: "Klaus Meinhard" <K_Meinhard@t-online.de>

Dan,

> Prior to the release of 4DOS 7.01A (54), issuing a DIR command on my
> CD-ROM drive (R: in my system) when there's no disc present in the
> tray yields what I consider to be the expected result:
>
> Drive not ready--close door
> R(etry), I(gnore), F(ail), or A(bort)?
>
> Under 7.01A, I get the following result:
>
> Volume in drive R is unlabeled
>
> Nothing else is displayed.  No "0 bytes in 0 files" or anything
> similar.

Hmmm, I get here the following

d:\4dos ? dir y:
4DOS: (Sys) Drive not ready--close door "Y:"

Note the (Sys), meaning 4DOS only displays a system generated error. Perhaps
something else changed? CDROM driver software? Some cd clone programs seem to
take control of the cdrom away from windows. Try to reboot.

--
Viele Grube, best regards,

*Klaus Meinhard*
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