SMARTDRV Err Msg After Installing DBLSPACE: You Must Specify (105181)
The information in this article applies to:
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.2
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.22
• Microsoft Windows 95
This article was previously published under Q105181
SYMPTOMS
This information applies to both Microsoft DoubleSpace and Microsoft
DriveSpace. For MS-DOS 6.22, use DRVSPACE in place of DBLSPACE for commands
and filenames.
If you install DoubleSpace on a machine that already has SMARTDrive
installed, you receive the following error message:
You must specify the host drive for a DoubleSpace drive.
CAUSE
This situation occurs when you have write caching enabled for a specific
drive, and you then run DoubleSpace to compress it. For example, if you
have "SMARTDRV C+" in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file to specify read/write caching
for drive C and then you compress drive C, you receive the error message
noted above.
This situation occurs because DoubleSpace installation does not modify the
SMARTDRV command in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
RESOLUTION
To work around this situation, use a text editor such as MS-DOS Editor to
edit your AUTOEXEC.BAT file and change the SMARTDRV command so that it
automatically determines which drives to cache. For example:
SMARTDRV
| Modification Type: |
Major |
Last Reviewed: |
12/31/2000 |
| Keywords: |
KB105181 |
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