Microsoft KB Archive/156499

Wine Guide 2.0: Testing for Drive Capacity

PSS ID Number: Q156499 Article last modified on 09-27-1996

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= SUMMARY =

Because of physical read limitations, some CD-ROM drives cannot access some files and folders on the Wine Guide compact disc. This article lists those files and folders and discusses a method for testing your CD-ROM drive.

= MORE INFORMATION =

The following is the final folder on the Wine Guide 2.0 compact disc. This folder is at the outermost track on the CD.

d:-558 MB

To test for specific drive capacity limitations, try to access the file listed below located in the outermost megabytes of the Wine Guide disc:

d:.1 489-558 MB

The file pages.1 is about 70 MB and should only be tested by copying to the nul port. Use the following command at the MS-DOS prompt:

copy d:\mswdata\pages.1 nul (where x is the CD-ROM drive) The Wine Guide compact disc contains 558 MB of data. The final file on the disc is d:.1.

= MORE INFORMATION =

To test drive-capacity limitations, you should copy the file to the hard drive and perform a file comparison as specified in the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE ID: Q94653 TITLE : Using FC.EXE to Verify CD-ROM File System Drivers

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