Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!emory!hubcap!gatech!prism!romeo!cchapman From: cchapman@msd.gatech.edu (Chuck H. Chapman) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: More on Win3, WFW1.1, and PCNFS Message-ID: Date: 19 Dec 90 17:01:59 GMT References: <2859@randvax.UUCP> Sender: news@prism.gatech.EDU Distribution: na Lines: 26 In <2859@randvax.UUCP> cave@randvax.UUCP (Jonathan Cave) writes: >Two other little goodies: File manager cannot really handle remote >drives; it thinks everything on them is a file, so copying to the network >is virtually impossible (except by using e.g. xcopy in a dos window). Also, >if I run Excel using a spreadsheet located on the remote drive, I'm liable >to get UAE crashes, sometimes catastrophic data loss (of any files open >from my PC drives -- thank heavens for UNIX stability). Words to the >wise... Can anyone suggest workarounds? FWIW, I have no TSR's, screen >savers, custom cursors or other doodads. I did, but that was in another >country, and besides, the ..... is dead. There may be something wrong with your PCNFS setup. I've never had any problems using File Manager with remote PCNFS drives. It recognizes directories and files and I can launch DOS applications on remote PCNFS drives by double clicking on them in File Manager. Chuck -- Chuck H. Chapman (GTRI/STL/MSD) (404) 528-7168 Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332 uucp: ...!{allegra,amd,hplabs,ut-ngp}!gatech!msd!cchapman Internet: cchapman@msd.gatech.edu