Hi Dorne, No copy required. Will change the record when I get a chance. Regards, Ian MARR at 38° 24' 01.19" S by 142° 34' 11.3959" E This message can be considered to be in the public domain. Member A.I.G.S (11528) The home of SW Victorian Cemetery indexes: http://home.vicnet.net.au/~marr/ Allansford Weather (10 min updates): http://home.vicnet.net.au/~marr/Weather/ Remember, to EVERY question in life, there is MORE than one CORRECT answer. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dorne Saunders" <Dornes1@bigpond.com> To: <australia-cemeteries@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2011 6:14 PM Subject: Re: [AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES] BDM CD's on hard drive Hi Ian, Yes the DIGGER ones are great, I was wondering whether someone is trying to install a DOS cd usning DIGGER set up. I have the death certificate here for John MARTIN who was buried 1883 at PORTLAND if you require a copy as proof for correct data. Dorne. Dorne Phefley SAUNDERS (AUSTRALIA) Dornes1@bigpond.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Marr" <ian_marr@bigpond.net.au> To: <australia-cemeteries@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, 23 January 2011 6:08 PM Subject: Re: [AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES] BDM CD's on hard drive Digger indexes are pretty straight forward to run from hard drive. KAWARE, etc & the other DOS based indexes can also be run from hard drive, but a little more fiddly - manual updates to ini file and you need to 'subst' (I think that's the command) the folder to a hard drive letter. Regards, Ian MARR at 38° 24' 01.19" S by 142° 34' 11.3959" E This message can be considered to be in the public domain. Member A.I.G.S (11528) The home of SW Victorian Cemetery indexes: http://home.vicnet.net.au/~marr/ Allansford Weather (10 min updates): http://home.vicnet.net.au/~marr/Weather/ Remember, to EVERY question in life, there is MORE than one CORRECT answer. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ironside" <ironside@ihug.com.au> To: <australia-cemeteries@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2011 5:54 PM Subject: Re: [AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES] BDM CD's on hard drive > To Garry Batt (or anyone that knows the answer) > > Question, what version of windows will this work in? > > Paul in Sydney > > -----Original Message----- > From: australia-cemeteries-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:australia-cemeteries-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Garry Batt > Sent: Wednesday, 5 January 2011 2:47 AM > To: australia-cemeteries@rootsweb.com > Subject: [AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES] BDM CD's on hard drive > > Hi Marsha, > > that seems an overly complicated way of doing things. > > To put the BDM CD's on my hard drive I just copied them to my hard drive > and > ran the setup program from there. > > For example, with the Victorian Pioneer index I created a folder on my > second hard drive and named it 1888. > > > > It can be on any hard drive on your computer, I just used the second one. > > The name of the folder isn't important, I just used the upper figure for > simplicity. > > > >>From the CD I copied the folders :- > > DATA > > DIGGER > > DISK1 > > DOCS > > INSTALL > > MACVICP > > MASKS > > and pasted them into the 1888 folder on my hard drive. > > > > I then copied the files from the CD :- > > _INST16.exe > > _INST32.exe > > DOSETUP.exe > > SETUP.exe > > and pasted them into the same 1888 folder on my hard drive. > > > > Remove the CD from your computer and run the SETUP.exe file from your 1888 > folder. > > Follow the instructions on-screen as you go. > > If it tells you that a file you are installing is older than a file > already > on your computer and asks you if you want to overwite it click on "NO." > > This works with all the Victorian BDM CD's, it's probably the same with > the > ones from other states. > > > > Another thing that I do is after I put the programs on my hard drive is to > locate the DIGGER folder that the program installs on your C drive. > > Open it and locate the DIGGER.exe file. > > Click on this file and drag it down to the "start" button on the lower > left > of your screen. > > This places a short cut on your Start menu. > > It's handy when you want to look something up without closing what you are > working on. > > Without closing your database or whatever you're working on you can click > on > the "start" button, then the "DIGGER.exe" file and the menu opens. > > Once you have opened it you can leave it minimised on the Task bar across > the bottom of the screen for future use. > > > > One of the problems with the Digger CD's is that you can't have two open > at > once. > > You must close the one to look at another. > > Another one is that in the 'Results list' mode the 'new query' icon isn't > available. > > > > Here endeth the lesson. > > Garry. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message __________ NOD32 5809 (20110122) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Thank you Ian. Dorne Phefley SAUNDERS (AUSTRALIA) Dornes1@bigpond.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Marr" <ian_marr@bigpond.net.au> To: <australia-cemeteries@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, 24 January 2011 12:17 PM Subject: Re: [AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES] BDM CD's on hard drive Hi Dorne, No copy required. Will change the record when I get a chance. Regards, Ian MARR at 38° 24' 01.19" S by 142° 34' 11.3959" E This message can be considered to be in the public domain. Member A.I.G.S (11528) The home of SW Victorian Cemetery indexes: http://home.vicnet.net.au/~marr/ Allansford Weather (10 min updates): http://home.vicnet.net.au/~marr/Weather/ Remember, to EVERY question in life, there is MORE than one CORRECT answer. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dorne Saunders" <Dornes1@bigpond.com> To: <australia-cemeteries@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2011 6:14 PM Subject: Re: [AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES] BDM CD's on hard drive Hi Ian, Yes the DIGGER ones are great, I was wondering whether someone is trying to install a DOS cd usning DIGGER set up. I have the death certificate here for John MARTIN who was buried 1883 at PORTLAND if you require a copy as proof for correct data. Dorne. Dorne Phefley SAUNDERS (AUSTRALIA) Dornes1@bigpond.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Marr" <ian_marr@bigpond.net.au> To: <australia-cemeteries@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, 23 January 2011 6:08 PM Subject: Re: [AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES] BDM CD's on hard drive Digger indexes are pretty straight forward to run from hard drive. KAWARE, etc & the other DOS based indexes can also be run from hard drive, but a little more fiddly - manual updates to ini file and you need to 'subst' (I think that's the command) the folder to a hard drive letter. Regards, Ian MARR at 38° 24' 01.19" S by 142° 34' 11.3959" E This message can be considered to be in the public domain. Member A.I.G.S (11528) The home of SW Victorian Cemetery indexes: http://home.vicnet.net.au/~marr/ Allansford Weather (10 min updates): http://home.vicnet.net.au/~marr/Weather/ Remember, to EVERY question in life, there is MORE than one CORRECT answer. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ironside" <ironside@ihug.com.au> To: <australia-cemeteries@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2011 5:54 PM Subject: Re: [AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES] BDM CD's on hard drive > To Garry Batt (or anyone that knows the answer) > > Question, what version of windows will this work in? > > Paul in Sydney > > -----Original Message----- > From: australia-cemeteries-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:australia-cemeteries-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Garry Batt > Sent: Wednesday, 5 January 2011 2:47 AM > To: australia-cemeteries@rootsweb.com > Subject: [AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES] BDM CD's on hard drive > > Hi Marsha, > > that seems an overly complicated way of doing things. > > To put the BDM CD's on my hard drive I just copied them to my hard drive > and > ran the setup program from there. > > For example, with the Victorian Pioneer index I created a folder on my > second hard drive and named it 1888. > > > > It can be on any hard drive on your computer, I just used the second one. > > The name of the folder isn't important, I just used the upper figure for > simplicity. > > > >>From the CD I copied the folders :- > > DATA > > DIGGER > > DISK1 > > DOCS > > INSTALL > > MACVICP > > MASKS > > and pasted them into the 1888 folder on my hard drive. > > > > I then copied the files from the CD :- > > _INST16.exe > > _INST32.exe > > DOSETUP.exe > > SETUP.exe > > and pasted them into the same 1888 folder on my hard drive. > > > > Remove the CD from your computer and run the SETUP.exe file from your 1888 > folder. > > Follow the instructions on-screen as you go. > > If it tells you that a file you are installing is older than a file > already > on your computer and asks you if you want to overwite it click on "NO." > > This works with all the Victorian BDM CD's, it's probably the same with > the > ones from other states. > > > > Another thing that I do is after I put the programs on my hard drive is to > locate the DIGGER folder that the program installs on your C drive. > > Open it and locate the DIGGER.exe file. > > Click on this file and drag it down to the "start" button on the lower > left > of your screen. > > This places a short cut on your Start menu. > > It's handy when you want to look something up without closing what you are > working on. > > Without closing your database or whatever you're working on you can click > on > the "start" button, then the "DIGGER.exe" file and the menu opens. > > Once you have opened it you can leave it minimised on the Task bar across > the bottom of the screen for future use. > > > > One of the problems with the Digger CD's is that you can't have two open > at > once. > > You must close the one to look at another. > > Another one is that in the 'Results list' mode the 'new query' icon isn't > available. > > > > Here endeth the lesson. > > Garry. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message __________ NOD32 5809 (20110122) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message __________ NOD32 5811 (20110123) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com