I have a samba fileserver running on Linux. I have a dual-boot NT & 98 machine that I want to use an application on that does not have a lot of hard disk space left on it. I would like to install the application on the fileserver. Is there anything special I need to do? The problem with installing on Windows is that one needs to use an installer program to get the Start menu and registry entries set. One can make a shortcut for the start menu manually, but this program has a lot of registry entries, and I don't know if it will make them when it starts up or expect to have had that done by the installer. I have been able to install applications on a hard disk on a dual boot machine this way: install it on the C: drive from one operating system, then install it in the exact same location from the other operating system. The installer overwrites its own files, but if you're lucky and the installation process doesn't put any OS-dependent files in the program folder, it generally works. I guess part of my problem is I don't know how to make the fileserver volume come up at a fixed drive letter in both operating systems. Mike -- Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting goingware.com crawford@goingware.com Tilting at Windmills for a Better Tomorrow.
> I guess part of my problem is I don't know how to make the fileserver volume > come up at a fixed drive letter in both operating systems.Use a logon script like this: c:\windows\net.exe use p: \\server\progrs /yes >nul c:\windows\net.exe use q: \\server\games /yes >nul Works fine for Win95, 98, ME, 2000, not tested for NT. -- =========================================================== Ing. Boleslav Vrany Stanice techniku DDM hl. m. Prahy Pod Juliskou 2a Praha 6 - Dejvice 16000 Czech Republic tel. (420 2) 243 10 240