tumblingdown, and anyone else that can help please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[zmerlinz]

When dennis wanted to create a virtual drive, i thought that it would be very beneficial for me to have one, you gave him the following information


set up a share (right click | sharing) on a folder (like c:\data\share_data) then at a prompt type

net use X: \\computername\share_data

to create your virtual drive.




but it doesn't work for me it ust says that this is not possble, can you please help at all

the folder is in c:\Visual Basic

cheer

[oetje]

Does your computer have an ethernet card? Maybe that's the problem.

[zmerlinz]

sure does it i have a dlink isa network card, and i am on a LAN with 5 other computers, does this help at all, i know that i can map a drive to another computer but i don't want this, i want it to be on my computer, it is sort of a partition with an unlimited disk space (well as much as there is left on my hdd)

Cheers

[oetje]

Zmerlinz, I'm on a lan too. :) Is file and printer sharing enabled? Can you access your computer from the other computers on the lan? What kind of error does it give, and when?

[zmerlinz]

call me Merlin

yes file and printer sharing is enabled, and i can access my computer from all of the other computers that are on the LAN,

here is what i type in the connection box

\\merlin\visual basic

here is the message and i get when i create the connection


the computer or connection could not be found, make sure that you type it in correctly and try again, can you get this to work on your computer at all ?



[Edited by zmerlinz on 11-30-2000 at 04:16 AM]

[zmerlinz]

anyone ¿

[paulw]

Merlin,

Change your share name so that there is no space in it. Set up a share name like "vb" - don't use the directory name - it can lead to confusion, but the OS is trying to connect to "\\merlin\visual" with "basic" as a parameter!

Cheers,

P.

[zmerlinz]

cheers paul i wil try it out when i get home

can you get it to work on your computer at all ?

[tumblingdown]

hey Z.

Do you still have the prob?

Ok, i wrote after dennis closed that thread, that it doesn't work using the ComputerName on win98. You have to use the ip address (not the loop back, i.e not 127.0.0.1) e.g.

net use X: \\166.12.99.100\visualbasic

(and remember to put a share on your directory)


td.

[paulw]

Not at work, we've got centrally controlled WIN NT:(

That should work for you though. There is a way round shares with spaces but it is OS specific and I can't remember the details. It might not be your problem but it is the most likely one.

Incidentally, an internal share does not depend on the presence of a LAN card - it is done in software and is not hardware dependent.

Cheers,

P.

[tumblingdown]

aye, but you do need an ip for the share to resolve against, so it can be tricky getting a net running with out a card ;-)


td.

[paulw]

In its origins, LAN manager was not IP based at all, its just these wimpy new OSes that require those magic numbers - in the good old days we just bound our stacks to a good old NetBIOS layer and made networks work through thin air by pure force of will....

Paul dragged off into the corner, foaming at the mouth....

I'm still using 95 at home:(

Cheers,

P.

[zmerlinz]

cheers guys, i will try all of this at home tonite

if this helps at all i win98 SE but i might be going to ME can i still do it in that ?

[tumblingdown]

yer.


td.

[zmerlinz]

cheers you guys i appreciate all of the help

[zmerlinz]

Originally posted by tumblingdown


Do you still have the prob?

Ok, i wrote after dennis closed that thread, that it doesn't work using the ComputerName on win98. You have to use the ip address (not the loop back, i.e not 127.0.0.1) e.g.

net use X: \\166.12.99.100\visualbasic

(and remember to put a share on your directory)



i tried what you suggested here, but i still get the same damn problem, agghhh, do you have any other solutions ?

plesase help wil be appreciated

[tumblingdown]

What OS?
What is the Directory name you wish to share?
Have you put a share on that Directory?
What is your IP?


td.

WHY??????

[zmerlinz]

Originally posted by tumblingdown
What OS?
What is the Directory name you wish to share?
Have you put a share on that Directory?
What is your IP?



Win 98 SE
The directory is c:\Visual Basic and the share name is visualbasic

yes the directory is shared (with a password if that makes a difference)

my ip is 192.168.0.5
and the subnet mask is 255.255.0.0

hope this helps at all

[tumblingdown]

If you have a password on the share, then all that will happen is you'll get prompted if you haven't specified it.

If
net use X: \\192.168.0.5\visualbasic
doesn't work then i reckon you've got gremlins.

What is the exact error message?


td.

[zmerlinz]

the exact message reads

"The follwing error occured while trying to connect E: to net use C: \\192.168.0.5\visualbasic The computer or share name could not be found Make sure that you typed it in correctly and try again"

does this make any sense to you ?

btw does it work on your system ?

[tumblingdown]

E: to net use C: - ***?

It works fine on any 98 box round here.

Can you map to your share thru windows explorer?


td.

[zmerlinz]

no don't work

can you give me step by step instructions of how you did it, sorry to be a nuisence, but it won't bl**dy work on my computer!!!!

[parksie]

What about subst?

[zmerlinz]

attempting not to sound dumb

what is subst ?

where does it apply ?

[parksie]

It's an ancient DOS command, but still works on everything, including NT/2000.

C:\WIN98\Desktop>subst /?
Associates a path with a drive letter.

SUBST [drive1: [drive2:]path]
SUBST drive1: /D

drive1: Specifies a virtual drive to which you want to assign a path.
[drive2:]path Specifies a physical drive and path you want to assign to
a virtual drive.
/D Deletes a substituted (virtual) drive.

Type SUBST with no parameters to display a list of current virtual drives.

[HarryW]

Oooo, never saw that one before.

[parksie]

I've been using it for ages :)

[HarryW]

Neener neener neener :rolleyes:

[parksie]

I'm not gloating. (I can't...I'm mentally incapable of it ;))

Anyway - I think it kind of disappeared when it didn't appear in any manuals past DOS 6.22 :(.

[HarryW]

Well I wouldn't know, I don't think I've ever had a manual for any OS ;)

[parksie]

It was one at school ;)

The only OS manuals I had were for the BBC B, the Electron, and an Acorn Archimedes.

BTW they were all Acorn machines, and damn nice too.

[HarryW]

Yeah, I've got a BBC back at home somewhere at my Dad's house. I like to break it out every year or two and play Dogfight and of course, the original and IMO best version of Elite.

[parksie]

What a game. And what a manual...actually written with at least part of a story in mind!

My Elite disk met with a rather nasty end...involving a small mammal with claws and sharp teeth :( (*cries*)

[HarryW]

I could probably send you a 5 1/4" with it on if you like :) If ever you feel a bout of nostalgia coming on, just tell me ;)

[zmerlinz]

Heah !! heah people we are ment to be helping me here

ok !!

cheers :)

[tumblingdown]

Z,

Parksie's right. subst will do the same thing for you.

type subst /? at a console.


td.

[zmerlinz]

i tried subst [d: [c:\visual]] and it comes up with invalid switch agghhhhhh

please help desperate man, almost in tears ;)

[tumblingdown]

Z,

subst x: c:\visualbasic


works fine for me.


td.

[HarryW]

Don't put the square brackets in, that's just the syntax notation from the help.

[zmerlinz]

ok cheers i will try that, just one more question, can you see the drive in my computer and is the drive there when you restart the computer or will i have to write a batch file ?

Cheers

[tumblingdown]

Just asked a collegue and he says subst is persistant across logout/login, but not across reboots. You can write a .bat to do it (or get net use working ;-)


td.

[zmerlinz]

the subst thing works and i will put it in the autoexec.bat, i have made a batch file and it connects, but how can i call it a different name and also maybe share it from within dos, i have found another use for this virtual drive thing at school hehehehe

[HarryW]

What do you mean by use a different name? Do you mean other than autoexec.bat? Your powers of confusion are working wonders here.

[zmerlinz]

sorry about that harry, i meant can i rename the drive, currently the drive on my computer is called data, and can you share it in DOS,even though it doesn't excist as a drive ?

[zmerlinz]

just thought that i would add that i am using dos becuase i am on a stupid restricted computer using nt4 at school and it bites aaaggggghhhh

[tumblingdown]

nt4 does not 'bite'


td.

[zmerlinz]

it does when nearly all of the useful programs are restricted