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Subject: Re: Recent msdos uploads to SIMTEL20
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Date: 13 Nov 90 16:40:30 GMT
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In article <1990Nov13.144649.4030@cbnewsl.att.com>, rl@cbnewsl.att.com (roger.h.levy) writes:
>In article <KPETERSEN.12637243449.BABYL@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL>, w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL (Keith Petersen) writes:
>> The following files have been recently uploaded to SIMTEL20:
>> SETDRIVE.ZIP  B   10346  901028  Convince DOS drive B is drive A and visa versa
>
>The program's documentation does not claim it has this feature.  Instead,
>the program can change physical drive parameters such as convincing the
>system that a high density drive is a low density drive.
>
>Is there a program that will swap B and A as far as DOS is concerned?
>
>Roger Levy
>rl@groucho.att.com

It depends on just how sensitive the program is. If the application you're 
using isn't hardware searching for the A: over the B:, you can use DOS's 
Assign to swap. I use it all the time to fool installation programs. 

Assign A=B B=A will swap A: and B:. Assign alone will clear all previous 
assignments.

Carl Schelin                       | "I wouldn't hurt a fly,
tcs@router.jhuapl.edu              |  but only because they taste funny."