Betsy,
I have clients who have asked about this (fortunately, most of our clients
never backup with the GUI).  I don't understand it - some of the machines
make that obnoxious noise, and some don't.
Do you know if it has to do with the type of card, or the brand of floppy
drive, or what?





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> From:         Moir,Betsy[SMTP:betsy.moir AT abbott DOT com]
> Sent:         Tuesday, August 25, 1998 10:49 AM
> To:   ADSM-L AT vm.marist DOT edu
> Subject:      Querying the A Drive
>
> Don't ask me why, but I have a customer who would prefer it if ADSM didn't
> check the A: drive when the GUI is first initiated.  I think they don't
> like
> the noise it makes and since they won't ever be backing anything up from
> the
> A: drive they don't want to listen to it.  Anyway, being the good support
> person I strive to be, I thought I'd ask if anybody knows a way to have it
> stop doing that?  We tried  DOMAIN C: D: in the options file, but it still
> goes to check the A: drive.  We're a version 2 Windows 94 32-bit Intel
> client
> and version 2 VM server.
>
> This person also has another problem - When the ADSM GUI is initiated a
> product they're using on their workstation called, Midrange Workspace
> launches and attempts to connect to an AS400 machine.  Has anybody every
> heard of this or have any thoughts on what might be going on?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> Betsy
>