Hi Mal and everyone:
That works as well. You do need somewhere to store the log files,
though. This may be a FAT partition on a hard drive or, on some
computers, a USB key...
AFAIK, those instructions are still fine. If you have any questions,
drop me a line.
73,
Mark, KD4D ("some W4... :-))
N7MAL wrote:
> Ron a year, or so, ago some W4 developed a system for booting your computer
> using an ISO image on a CD. I did it and it works perfectly. Whenever I
> need to boot to my D: drive I insert the CD and tell the computer to
> restart. Your computer will think it is a DOS machine and you can install CT
> from a floppy with no problem. I think some of the instructions are on the
> K1EA website.
> 73
>
>
> MAL
> N7MAL
> BULLHEAD CITY, AZ
> http://www.ctaz.com/~suzyq/N7mal.htm
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ron Notarius W3WN
> To: ct-user@contesting.com
> Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 2:59
> Subject: [ct-user] CT & XP
>
>
> Forgive me if this is a known issue -- I suspect it is -- but for the
> first
> time since I bought CT 6.17 at Dayton longer ago than I care to think
> about,
> I ran into a major problem with CT yesterday.
>
> Went to setup CT 10 on the "new" (OK, rebuilt) shack computer so I could
> run
> a little SS for the spare hour or so I had, and it locked up on me during
> initial setup. Never at the same place, but I never got out of the setup
> screen.
>
> The new computer is running XP Pro SP2. It replaced a Win98SE box. Also,
> FWIW, I have the CT files stored on my D: drive instead of C: -- D: is a
> smaller FAT32 drive instead of an NTFS drive, neccesary to avoid problems
> with my primary logging and QSL management routines (written in dBase IV &
> Visual dBase 5.7... which, being 16 bit apps, don't handle NTFS long file
> names well, but THAT's another story altogether)
>
> SO, two simple questions:
> -- Is this a compatibility problem with CT & XP?
> -- And if so, should I switch to CTWin?
>
> I really hate to give up on CT. It may be "old" software, but it's tried,
> true, and I'm used to it.
>
> 73, ron w3wn
>
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