[Xitami] #$%!#$ NT

[Russel Olinger]

Dude, you were so right!!!!

I can't believe it was so basic a problem....I changed the names of the
directories to 8 characters long and I could CD all day long....Son of a
B----!  Here I was looking for some complicated problem and completely over
looked one of the most basic and simple concepts.   Its DOS format, duh!!!!

Thanx

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Reid" <preid@rci.rutgers.edu>
To: <xitami@lists.xitami.org>
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 9:03 AM
Subject: Re: [Xitami] #$%!#$ NT


> I would bet you have an invalid character in the directory name.
>
> Also note that "webserver" is not an 8.3 filename; the ones that work
> for you are 8.3 style. Which command prompt are you using (Command or
> CMS) and what editor are you using?
>
> Directory corruption isn't handled by DeFrag, except as a side effect.
> Open the Properties of that drive, select Tools, click "Error Checking".
>
> Or (believe it or not) at the command line, run "CHKDSK D:". Just like
> DOS. And like DOS, it won't fix unless you add " -F". One difference: on
> NTFS, you can't do a ChkDsk with fix-up while the volume is mounted, but
> it will offer to run it at the next boot.
>
> Which offers another thought-- NT's filesystem is usually good but
> sometimes loses track. Re-boot is rarely needed but often worth a try
> when things seem wrong. NT does most sanity-checking at boot.
>
>  -PRR
>
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