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From: tcs@mailer.jhuapl.edu (Carl Schelin)
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Subject: Re: Installing Windows 3.0 on a write-protected disk
Message-ID: <1991Jan30.172936.19653@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu>
Date: 30 Jan 91 17:29:36 GMT
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In article <1991Jan30.145905.9746@lth.se>, magnus%thep.lu.se@Urd.lth.se (Magnus Olsson) says:
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>We've recently installed MS Windows 3.0 on a PS/2 used by students. Since this
>machine is used by a lot of people, some of them rather hackish, we put
>Windows on a write-protected SpeedStore partition. This works just fine, but
>every now and then you get a dialog box saying "Write protected disk in
>drive D:". This happens (not surprisingly!) when you try to change e.g. the
>colours, but also every time you start the File Manager. Clicking on Abort a
>few times enables you to continue, so everything works, but it's still a bit
>of a nuisance.
>
>Is there any way of installing Windows so that the files Windows needs to
>change (like WIN.INI) are on one disk (writeable) while the rest of the
>files are on the write-protected partition? That way, Windows itself would
>be safe for e.g. virus attacks, and the configuration files could be
>restored from a safe copy (on the write-protected partition) when needed.
>Or is it necessary that all the Windows files are in the same directory?
>
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If you'll look at your Windows Manual on Page 553 (in mine) it
tells you how to install Windows on a network. If you have a 
protected partition and a non-protected one (as you imply), you 
should be able to place all the windows files on the protected one,
and then follow the installation instructions to install only the basic
information needed on a "workstation".

As a Network Manager, I've installed it this way and it works great 
on a net. It should work equally as well on a PS/2. 

If you need further help, E-Mail me at:

tcs@mailer.jhuapl.edu

Carl Schelin