RE: RE: 6.0 Install

Talk about a blast from the past.

Hadn't thought of subst in a long while.



Charles Wilt
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iSeries Systems Administrator / Developer
Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America
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> 
> It's been a while since I looked at "modern" ways of doing 
> this, but an old DOS trick still works for CDs I've needed to 
> install from. Maybe for DVDs too.
> 
> There is the DOS SUBST command that creates a substitute 
> drive. It 'associates a path with a drive letter'. Go to a 
> DOS command prompt and type [help subst] for info.
> 
> This has been useful when various install functions 
> _required_ that I supply a drive letter such as:
> 
>  C:\> x:\setup.exe r:
> 
> where [r:] would be the drive letter parameter for setup.exe. 
> With some PCs, I might not have a physical D: drive for 
> example; but I could create one on the fly if needed.
> 
> So, the DVD could be copied to some sub-directory and that 
> sub-directory would be assigned a drive letter such as:
> 
>  C:\> subst r: c:\mysubdir\mydvdstuff
> 
> After that, c:\mysubdir\mydvdstuff can be referenced just 
> like any other drive as [r:]. An example would be [dir r:].
> 
> Just one possibility if it's needed. Even if not needed, it 
> sometimes help simplify long path names.
> 
> Tom Liotta
>