From:	mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca
Date:	Tue, 11 Feb 1997 23:24:42 -0500 (EST)
Reply-To:	mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca
To:	Tony Stott <Tony DOT Stott AT med DOT monash DOT edu DOT au>
cc:	OpenDOS <opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net>
Subject:	Re: [opendos] [OpenDOS] All of them nice ideas
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Organization:	Total disorganization.
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On Wed, 12 Feb 1997, Tony Stott wrote:

> > Date:          Tue, 11 Feb 1997 22:04:58 -0500 (EST)
> > From:          mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca
> > Subject:       Re: [opendos] [OpenDOS] All of them nice ideas
> > Cc:            OpenDOS <opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net>
> > Reply-to:      mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca
> > Organization:  Total disorganization.
> 
> > On Tue, 11 Feb 1997, yeep wrote:
> > 
> > > I was just wondering, ther are a lot of cool ideas of things we want to put
> > > into OpenDOS, but...
> *********************CHOP**CHOP**SNIP**SNIP***************
> > All of this is assuming that you only have a single physical hard
> > disk present.  If more than one disk is present, then the drive
> > lettering scheme changes significantly and ends up as this:
> > C: = first partition on first hard disk
> > D: = first partition on second hard disk
> > E: = first logical drive in extended partition on first disk
> > F: = second logical       ...
> > G: = first logical drive in extended partition on SECOND disk
> > etc...
> > 
> 
> Would it be possible to have the user actually assign the drive 
> letters so that when you bung in a new drive your existing mappings 
> are not all altered ??

Hmm, under the new system, it would be possible.  With the OD
source code available, anything will be possible.  What I've done
to rectify such drive mapping problems on my system, is I install
all of my software onto SUBST'd drives.  This way I can move
things around on my own, or if I add a new drive, I only need to
change a single thing in my SUBSTDRV.BAT batch file.  This is a
hack, but it has worked fantastically for 2+ years without a
hitch.  Worth trying until we can do what you propose.


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