Interlnk May Report Drive Letters Incorrectly
Article ID: 149211
Article Last Modified on 11/19/1999
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft MS-DOS 6.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft MS-DOS 6.2 Standard Edition
- Microsoft MS-DOS 6.21 Standard Edition
- Microsoft MS-DOS 6.22 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q149211
SYMPTOMS
When you are using the Interlnk.exe driver to connect to a computer
running Intersvr.exe, the drive letters reported by Interlnk may be
incorrect if your computer is using disk compression or PC Card (PCMCIA)
drives.
CAUSE
Interlnk chooses drive letters based on the MS-DOS convention, which does
not apply if you are using disk compression or PC Card drives.
For example, on a computer with two floppy disk drives and a compressed
hard disk with host drive F, Interlnk displays redirected drives starting
at drive G, although the actual redirected drives start at drive D.
To determine the correct drive letters, assume that neither disk
compression nor PC Card drives are active, and determine the next drive
letter after the last physical drive. Assign drive letters from that point
on, skipping any letters that are actually assigned. Using the example in
the paragraph above, three drives redirected by Interlnk would be drives
D, E, and G. (Note that drive F, the host drive for drive C, is skipped.)
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem with the Interlnk.exe program
included with MS-DOS versions 6.0, 6.2, 6.21, and 6.22. We are researching
this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base as it becomes available.
Additional query words: 6.00 6.20 6.21 6.22
Keywords: KB149211