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DRIVE id[:] = label-file [, "label-descriptor" ]
 
The DRIVE statement defines the logical name for a given distribution disk.
 
Parameter         Description
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id                Specifies the logical name for the given disk. Subsequent
                  statements in the FINSTALL.DIR file use the id with
                  filenames instead of physical drive identifiers.
 
label-file        Specifies the name of the label file. The Printer Font
                  Installer uses this file to determine whether the current
                  disk in the drive is the correct disk. The label file must
                  have the .LBL file extension. All label files in a set of
                  distribution disks must be unique.
 
                  If Printer Font Installer checks for a label file and does
                  not find it, the installer prompts the user to insert the
                  correct disk. The installer repeats the prompt until the
                  user inserts the correct disk.
 
label-descriptor  Specifies a general description for the disk. The Printer
                  Font Installer uses the description when it prompts for
                  the disk. This parameter (if given) must be enclosed in
                  double quotation marks. If the parameter is not given, the
                  Printer Font Installer uses the name of the label file as
                  the descriptor when prompting for a disk.
 
Example
 
DRIVE disk1: = disk1.lbl, "Font Library disk #1"
 
This examples sets disk1 to be the logical name for a disk. The Printer Font
Installer checks for the label file, DISK1.LBL, whenever statements in the
FINSTALL.DIR file use the fontlib1 and a driver identifier.
 
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