Can't change drive in command prompt.

Lucas_Maximus · 09-30-2004, 11:34 AM

I can't change the directory to anything else except what is in the C: drive in Windows XP.

Any suggestions.

Lucas_Maximus · 09-30-2004, 11:37 AM

Fixed my own problem, lol

it CD /D E:\ instead of just CD E:\ long time since i had to use DOS.

wallijonn · 09-30-2004, 02:36 PM

So, tell me, do you have problems differentiating between / (forward slash) and \ (back slash) like I do? With DOS I always have to remind myself that switches are forward, everything else is backward. Except the internet address. Then it's double forward. But domain / network drive mappings are double backward.

KingTermite · 09-30-2004, 02:42 PM

Changing drives, just type the letter and colon.
e.g. "E:"

Changing directories, cd and the name of the directory
e.g. "cd e:\iamamonkeysuncle"

Can also change directory using relative paths
e.g. "cd ..\..\iammonkeyhangersuncle"

**pointreyes** · 09-30-2004, 02:46 PM

You pick up the mouse and speak to that red "eye". If nothing happens then you don't have permissions to access the command prompt.

**k0NG0** · 09-30-2004, 02:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pointreyes

You pick up the mouse and speak to that red "eye". If nothing happens then you don't have permissions to access the command prompt.

Lucas_Maximus · 09-30-2004, 03:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pointreyes

You pick up the mouse and speak to that red "eye". If nothing happens then you don't have permissions to access the command prompt.

very funny.

*Bofinn* · 09-30-2004, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by wallijonn

So, tell me, do you have problems differentiating between / (forward slash) and \ (back slash) like I do? With DOS I always have to remind myself that switches are forward, everything else is backward. Except the internet address. Then it's double forward. But domain / network drive mappings are double backward.

an easier way is to remember the back slash is next to the backspace key...

Lucas_Maximus · 09-30-2004, 04:36 PM

I know that Dos is the opposite to unix, it just it a pain in the **** to have to go cd /D E:\

instead of just going cd E:\

Monkey Hanger · 09-30-2004, 04:51 PM

No! It's just e: ( or f: or g: etc) to change drives. It's cd (change directory) to burrow down the directory structure of the selected drive!
Case doesn't matter as the DOS kernel converts everything to upper case.

KingTermite · 09-30-2004, 04:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Monkey Hanger

No! It's just e: ( or f: or g: etc) to change drives. It's cd (change directory) to burrow down the directory structure of the selected drive!
Case doesn't matter as the DOS kernel converts everything to upper case.

What he was referring to up there is using CD to change drive and directory at the same time. You use the "/D" argument with CD to change drive and directory.

It's just not relevant, I think, in Unix because it makes it all look like one big drive or makes a drive just appear as a directory.

**pointreyes** · 09-30-2004, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by KingTermite

It's just not relevant, I think, in Unix because it makes it all look like one big drive or makes a drive just appear as a directory.

A letter designation in Windows is for denoting a location by partition. Unix simply bypasses that by using a name. e.g. /home can be a partition or a directory. I kinda find the Unix way more comforting-no stickin' drive letter in a certain order junk.

KingTermite · 09-30-2004, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by pointreyes

A letter designation in Windows is for denoting a location by partition. Unix simply bypasses that by using a name for a partition. e.g. /home can be a partition or a directory. I kinda find the Unix way more comforting-no stickin' drive letter in a certain order junk.

That was what I meant by they just made it look like a directory. I knew it was "something" like that...its just been a few years since I've had my hands in a Unix system.

**pointreyes** · 09-30-2004, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by KingTermite

That was what I meant by they just made it look like a directory. I knew it was "something" like that...its just been a few years since I've had my hands in a Unix system.

Yeah, that's what I thought you meant. What's even more fun is that Unix uses slices and Linux uses partitions. With Unix, you can use a single primary partition and make slices in it. Those slices are commonly referred to as partitions. Windows users actually do the same thing with an "extended" partition. An extended partition is really a primary partition made to accomodate for more partitions within the partition.

**k0NG0** · 09-30-2004, 05:04 PM

From a usability standpoint I would think that letters denoting partitions is better than the *nix way of being able to mount partitions as any directory. It gives you better feedback regarding what you are doing in terms of partitions.

Personally I don't really care which system I'm using.

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