Guest windowed Posted August 28, 2007 Posted August 28, 2007 Re: Drvspace.000 "Pavel" wrote: > For the following to work, you will need a bootable diskette. DOS 6, Windows > 95 or Windows98 formatted bootable diskette will do. If you do not have one, > you can download an image of such disk from > http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm. > > > > Can I open Drivespace with windows XP? > > You can not but what you could do is create a bootable floppy that was > created with Win98. The floppy must contain DRVSPACE.BIN that is normally > placed there automatically with format /s. On the boot floppy create text > file called DRVSPACE.INI and insert following line in it: > > ActivateDrive=P,B0 > > > Assuming that your compressed disk is a floppy disk and you have one or two > floppy disk drives then the above > line will be correct. If your compressed drive is on hard disk or other > media then you need the change the drive letter from B to the corresponding > letter: > > ActivateDrive=P,E0 > > Once booted, you can access your compressed drive normal ways. If the > compression used was Drivespace 2 then you can read/write to this drive. If > the compression used was Drivespace 3 then do not attempt to write to it. > The letter P in the above line represents the drive letter that will be > assigned to the noncompressed portion of the drive. If you already have > drive P then you should change it to any letter that is not in use. > The number after the source drive B0 represents the number found in the name > of the compressed image. So if the image name is DRVSPACE.000 then B0 is > used, if the name is DRVSPACE.003 then B3 must be used. > > To access DriveSpace compressed floppy with only one floppy drive available, > after booting type B: <return>, you will be prompted to change the diskette. > > > -- > Pavel > > Well, I've tried this but to no avail. I have an old HDD--I think it is Win95. I can't get it to mount. WHen I try to attach it to one of the IDE cables with my dualbook Linux/W98 box, the box won't mount (can't find GRUB). When I look at it from a different Linux box I can see its directory, but if I try to copy it there is an error after a short while. The directory I see is this: [root@linserv copydisks]# ls command.com dblspace.bin drvspace.bin io.dos msdos.--- msdos.sys command.dos drvspace.000 drvspace.ini io.sys msdos.dos recycled [root@linserv copydisks]# ls -al total 164448 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 16384 Dec 31 1969 . drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Aug 17 14:05 .. -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 92870 Jul 11 1995 command.com -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 54645 May 31 1994 command.dos -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 71287 Jul 11 1995 dblspace.bin -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 167744000 Jan 2 1980 drvspace.000 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 71287 Jul 11 1995 drvspace.bin -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 89 Dec 9 1995 drvspace.ini -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 40774 May 31 1994 io.dos -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 223148 Jul 11 1995 io.sys -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 22 Dec 9 1995 msdos.--- -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 38138 May 31 1994 msdos.dos -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 1641 Dec 12 1995 msdos.sys drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 10 1995 recycled [root@linserv copydisks]# When I try to use the directions given in the previous post here they don't work. I may be doing it wrong. I'm assuming that if the troublesome HDD is on the primary IDE cable, I should refer to it as C in setting up the ActivateDrive command on the startup disk. When I start from the floppy and try to CD to this drive, I get an "Invalid drive" message. I get the same when I try to change to 'P:'. I initially tried doing the procedure with a second HDD on the secondary IDE connection. But then the computer treated it as drive C and I couldn't find any way to activate the drivespace drive. Thanks for any help.
Guest windowed Posted August 28, 2007 Posted August 28, 2007 Re: Drvspace.000 Re: Drvspace.000 "windowed" wrote: > > > "Pavel" wrote: > > > For the following to work, you will need a bootable diskette. DOS 6, Windows > > 95 or Windows98 formatted bootable diskette will do. If you do not have one, > > you can download an image of such disk from > > http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm. > > > > > > > > Can I open Drivespace with windows XP? > > > > You can not but what you could do is create a bootable floppy that was > > created with Win98. The floppy must contain DRVSPACE.BIN that is normally > > placed there automatically with format /s. On the boot floppy create text > > file called DRVSPACE.INI and insert following line in it: > > > > ActivateDrive=P,B0 > > > > > > Assuming that your compressed disk is a floppy disk and you have one or two > > floppy disk drives then the above > > line will be correct. If your compressed drive is on hard disk or other > > media then you need the change the drive letter from B to the corresponding > > letter: > > > > ActivateDrive=P,E0 > > > > Once booted, you can access your compressed drive normal ways. If the > > compression used was Drivespace 2 then you can read/write to this drive. If > > the compression used was Drivespace 3 then do not attempt to write to it. > > The letter P in the above line represents the drive letter that will be > > assigned to the noncompressed portion of the drive. If you already have > > drive P then you should change it to any letter that is not in use. > > The number after the source drive B0 represents the number found in the name > > of the compressed image. So if the image name is DRVSPACE.000 then B0 is > > used, if the name is DRVSPACE.003 then B3 must be used. > > > > To access DriveSpace compressed floppy with only one floppy drive available, > > after booting type B: <return>, you will be prompted to change the diskette. > > > > > > -- > > Pavel > > > > > Well, I've tried this but to no avail. I have an old HDD--I think it is > Win95. I can't get it to mount. WHen I try to attach it to one of the IDE > cables with my dualbook Linux/W98 box, the box won't mount (can't find GRUB). > > When I look at it from a different Linux box I can see its directory, but > if I try to copy it there is an error after a short while. The directory I > see is this: > > [root@linserv copydisks]# ls > command.com dblspace.bin drvspace.bin io.dos msdos.--- msdos.sys > command.dos drvspace.000 drvspace.ini io.sys msdos.dos recycled > [root@linserv copydisks]# ls -al > total 164448 > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 16384 Dec 31 1969 . > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Aug 17 14:05 .. > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 92870 Jul 11 1995 command.com > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 54645 May 31 1994 command.dos > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 71287 Jul 11 1995 dblspace.bin > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 167744000 Jan 2 1980 drvspace.000 > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 71287 Jul 11 1995 drvspace.bin > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 89 Dec 9 1995 drvspace.ini > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 40774 May 31 1994 io.dos > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 223148 Jul 11 1995 io.sys > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 22 Dec 9 1995 msdos.--- > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 38138 May 31 1994 msdos.dos > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 1641 Dec 12 1995 msdos.sys > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 10 1995 recycled > [root@linserv copydisks]# > > When I try to use the directions given in the previous post here they don't > work. I may be doing it wrong. I'm assuming that if the troublesome HDD is on > the primary IDE cable, I should refer to it as C in setting up the > ActivateDrive command on the startup disk. When I start from the floppy and > try to CD to this drive, I get an "Invalid drive" message. I get the same > when I try to change to 'P:'. > > I initially tried doing the procedure with a second HDD on the secondary IDE > connection. But then the computer treated it as drive C and I couldn't find > any way to activate the drivespace drive. > Thanks for any help. I think I finally got it to work on a different box. I"ll get back if that doesn't do it. Thanks anyway.
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