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From: Bernie <bernie AT mbox302 DOT swipnet DOT se>
Subject: RE: Max. drive letter, etc. (was Hard Disk 20gb and dos)
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Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 21:24:00 +0100
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Joe wrote:
>Oh, yeah - that reminds me ... does anyone know for
>certain that this 24 drive limit is real, or are people
>simply assuming this because there are about 24
>letters (26 actually) in the English alphabet?

The limit in MS-DOS 6.2 FDISK is Z:, I've never tried to access a drive as
anything above - but I don't think it will work since FDISK can't handle
it. You'll also get an error report (actually one for every you have above
the Z limit) upon booting MS-DOS.
I never tried with DR-DOS since I didn't really see the point when all I
was doing was changing HDs - from a 6.5GB to a 8.4GB as my primary with a
6.5GB as secondary. Perhaps I'll give it a try when my new HD comes
(atleast they shipped my stuff today so I'll get it next week).
//Bernie