DEC PCSA Environment Do Not Select Printer in

DocumentID: 650551
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 8:29:00 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Solutions: Information from a user running WordPerfect 5.1 in a DEC PCSA environment shows that it may be best to not select a printer while running the Install program, rather, select them within WordPerfect after running INSTALL. This is because of a conflict with the way DEC PCSA utilizes "disk services." This user received a message that said "Error: Writing to Drive E" when he tried to add forms through the Format key. In Setup, the Location of Printer Files specified the C: drive, but WordPerfect was trying to write to the E: drive which was a Read Only directory. The E: drive was specified during the installation process and at that time was in a Read Write condition. Because this drive was a "disk service" instead of a "file service," it had to be changed to Read Only to make it shareable for the rest of the network users. Even though the path to printer files pointed to the C: drive, it seems that WordPerfect was being controlled by the path to the printer that had been selected during the initial installation and ignoring the path in location of files. Again, the user who reported this problem suggested that it may be best to not select a printer until after the installation process is complete.

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