The disk w is busy. Use start.bat [disk letter], The disk w is busy. Use start.bat [disk Options

[ericklind]

I keep getting this error when I run start.bat on WinXP:

The disk w is busy. Use start.bat [disk letter]
.
Press any key to continue . . .

I uninstalled Skype, Google Earth and anything else that I could think of that might be conflicting. I tried to ping localhost and when I do it from the command prompt it tells me:

C:\UniServer>ping localhost
'ping' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

but when I run it from the Run line, it says:

Reply from ::1: time<1ms
Reply from ::1: time<1ms
Reply from ::1: time<1ms

and then disappears so quick I can't see the message. I know that there is a setting to keep it open, but help returns the same message as ping.

Any assistance with this would be appreciated. I am developer, but I'm not very knowledgeable as far as system stuff.
I am trying to get Ruby on Rails to run, so if you have any pointers on that, I would really appreciate it.

Thanks.

[olajideolaolorun]

Do you have a W:/ drive or an AntiVirus/Firewall software that might be blocking the program from running on port 80?

Try runing command prompt from All Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt

Type ping localhost or ping 127.0.0.1

What happens?

About the Rube On Rails, we plan to have a plugin out for that later but as you can see not our hands are filled... just wish we can find a good NSIS Developer to help with the installer creation...

[ericklind]

Do you have a W:/ drive or an AntiVirus/Firewall software that might be blocking the program from running on port 80?

No W:/ drive. I have the Microsoft firewall, but I had that on when it was previously working. No anti-virus on port 80

Try runing command prompt from All Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt

Type ping localhost or ping 127.0.0.1

What happens?

Like I said previously:

I tried to ping localhost/127.0.0.1 and when I do it from the command prompt it tells me:

C:\UniServer>ping localhost
'ping' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

but when I run it from the Run line, it says:

Reply from ::1: time<1ms
Reply from ::1: time<1ms
Reply from ::1: time<1ms

and then disappears so quick I can't see the message. I know that there is a setting to keep it open, but help returns the same message as ping.

[olajideolaolorun]

If ping does not work via Command Prompt, there is something wrong with the Windows Scripting Program....

Try it without cd'ing to the C:\UniServer directory.....

Do you have any Anti-Virus or any other Firewalll Software?

Also, do you have a previous install of PHP, Apache, or MySQL on your PC?

Try searching your PC for LIBMYSQL.DLL & PHP.INI If it shows anywhere other than the Uniform Server folder, delete it....

[ericklind]

If ping does not work via Command Prompt, there is something wrong with the Windows Scripting Program....

I know. I can't even get the 'help' command to work. I can't find anything on the Microsoft website to fix it.

Try it without cd'ing to the C:\UniServer directory.....

Did not make a difference.

Do you have any Anti-Virus or any other Firewalll Software?

Just the Microfost firewall, but I had this running before with no issues

Also, do you have a previous install of PHP, Apache, or MySQL on your PC?

Try searching your PC for LIBMYSQL.DLL & PHP.INI If it shows anywhere other than the Uniform Server folder, delete it....

Checked that - no duplication of those files.

[olajideolaolorun]

hmm.. Its definately the Scripting System... Try typing "help"

[ericklind]

Okay. Figured the whole thing out. Some program removed the %SystemRoot% varable to the system32 directory. Once that was restored everything worked. Thanks for listening.

-Erick

[olajideolaolorun]

No Problem

[arram]

I keep getting this error when I run start.bat on WinXP-Pro Media Center:

The disk w is busy. Use start.bat [disk letter]
.
Press any key to continue . . .

I have run cmd: ping localhost and ping 127.0.0.1 and both tests came out A.O.K.

I checked task manager to see if any instances of php, sql or apache were running already. None were seen in the listing.

I then disabled all firewall, anit-virus and anti-spyware programs that i had, to no avail.

I am thoroughly frustrated with this batch file, as it has worked on my older computer (duron 800mhz running XP-Pro) and the file and folder associated are in the correct directories.

Here is the batch if it'll help, I hope someone can figure out this problem (I suspect its an O.S. problem) thanks in advance:



@echo off

diskw\home\admin\program\pskill.exe Apache.exe
IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 1 goto started
set Disk=%1
IF "%Disk%"=="" set Disk=w
rem create the disk
subst %Disk%: "diskw"
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 goto hint
set apachepath=\usr\local\apache2\
set apacheit=%Disk%:%apachepath%bin\Apache.exe -f %apachepath%conf\httpd.conf -d %apachepath%.
set programit=%Disk%:\home\admin\program\
set closeit=%programit%close.bat %Disk%
%Disk%:
cd \usr\local\php
start \usr\local\mysql\bin\mysqld-nt.exe --defaults-file=/usr/local/mysql/bin/my-small.cnf

echo The server is working on the disk %Disk%:\ [http/127.0.0.1/a/]
start %Disk%:\home\admin\WWW\redirect.html
start %programit%miniserv.exe "%apacheit%" "%closeit%"
goto end
:hint

echo The disk %Disk% is busy. Use start.bat [disk letter]
goto pause
:started

echo ERROR!!!
echo One of the instances of Apache server is started. Use stop.bat
:pause
echo .
pause
:end

[arram]

ok i tried creating making the "diskw" folder into a virtual drive using cmd prompt and it was successful.

But i still can't get the bloody batch file to work properly.

the command i had to use in cmd prompt was:

subst w: server\diskw

Where the drive i wanted to create was "w:" and the folder "diskw" was located in "C:\server\diskw" but only server\diskw is needed.

the batch file should've created the same thing, but heck if i know why it didnt

[rbrown]

I have this problem only after I either crash apache or lose the explorer window.
So the only way around it is to log out and log back in to windows.

[olajideolaolorun]

Thats new. hmmm

[Minute]

How do you crash Apache and what do you do to loose the explorer window (or are you talking about the command window closing by itself)?

[Ric]

I have this problem only after I either crash apache or lose the explorer window.
So the only way around it is to log out and log back in to windows.

I seriously hack Uniform Server to death. When irrecoverable I find its because I have run it way out of its intended spec, would be interested to reproduce this problem.

If possible can you list what you do to kill it?

All the best
Ric

[ptera]

I keep getting this error when I run start.bat on WinXP:

The disk w is busy. Use start.bat [disk letter]
.
Press any key to continue . . .

I uninstalled Skype, Google Earth and anything else that I could think of that might be conflicting. I tried to ping localhost and when I do it from the command prompt it tells me:

C:\UniServer>ping localhost
'ping' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

but when I run it from the Run line, it says:

Reply from ::1: time<1ms
Reply from ::1: time<1ms
Reply from ::1: time<1ms

and then disappears so quick I can't see the message. I know that there is a setting to keep it open, but help returns the same message as ping.

Any assistance with this would be appreciated. I am developer, but I'm not very knowledgeable as far as system stuff.
I am trying to get Ruby on Rails to run, so if you have any pointers on that, I would really appreciate it.

Thanks.

I have exactly the same problem. Must have read about a hundred threads , but no solution.
Weird thing : after downloading the uniform server it worked great on my hard drive.
After a couple of days this error appeared.
So I found a way, I put the server on a stick and it worked again!
After only a few days though, the "Disk w is busy" error came back.
Moved the stick to my notebook and all was well again.
Of course it took only a week and the error was there too.

now you...