clivebuckwheat Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 (edited) I have made a boot cd with smartdrv.exe but everytime I boot with my computer with my cd, smartdrv is trying to write to the A: drive. Obviously it cannot do this because it is a cd. Does anyone know why this is occurring.SET PATH=A:\NET\;a:\;%PATH%;lh a:\smartdrv.exe C+ U+ /V 2048 2048SET TEMP=A:\SET TCPHELP=A:\NETSET ETCDIR=A:\NETA:\NET\NET STARTA:\NET\NET.EXE USE U: \\pentium4\UNATTENDEDA:\NET\NET.EXE USE Edited April 4, 2006 by clivebuckwheat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VCC Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 Dude, read your own post and you should be able to answer that. No insult intended.You have A: all over the place. So, I'm taking an educated guess that the references you have here are in an Autoexec.bat file? Just try removing all the A: references and leave the backslash (\) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clivebuckwheat Posted April 4, 2006 Author Share Posted April 4, 2006 thanks i am blind i been looking at this too long Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clivebuckwheat Posted April 5, 2006 Author Share Posted April 5, 2006 I took at all references to a:\ in my autoexec.bat and just did the \ as you suggested. Smartdrv still tries to write a:\ drive.Unfortunately as I stated above it bombs out because the a: is the bootcd.I have no idea as to why smartdrv is trying to write to a: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djé Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Maybe you need to specifically set temp to somewhere smartdrv can write?I'd try SET TEMP=C:\My 2 cents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clivebuckwheat Posted April 5, 2006 Author Share Posted April 5, 2006 i took out the temp line all together. smartdrv still tries to write to drive a:\for the life of me i can't solve this problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cancerface Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 How about booting from A: with the same autoexec and see what file smartdrv is trying to write/access? Maybe include that file on the CD and then smartdrv will be happy...CF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djé Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 just a few other (bad) ideas:- Technet also says you don't need to use lh for smartdrv, it is automatic.- You use the /V option. what does the output says?- When smartdrv is run , drive U does not exist yet. Does this has any importance?- My best advice would be to first try an autoexec with only 1 line:a:\smartdrv.exeand see what it says.- Or specifically disabling disk caching for a: :a:\smartdrv.exe A-Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clivebuckwheat Posted April 5, 2006 Author Share Posted April 5, 2006 THANK YOU ALL I will try this things as soon as I get in to work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VCC Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 And if the above does not work. You might give the free version of QSoft RamDisk a try. I found out about it through the use of BartPE.PS: Have you heard of DiegoStart? It is a disk made with the use of BartPE and it's for installing unattended Windows by booting to the BartPE CD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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