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Third Floppy Drive ? Twenty Six Drives ? (Announce)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 17.07.2021, 00:15

> Also, later versions of MS-DOS would let you put LASTDRIVE=32
> in CONFIG.SYS which would allow 32 drive "letters" (though accessing the
> drive "letters" higher than Z: is very problematic and usually not worth
> the grief it causes). I don't know if any other versions of DOS besides
> MS-DOS will let you do that or not.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive_letter_assignment

> Some Novell network drivers for DOS support up to 32 drive letters
> under compatible DOS versions. In addition, Novell DOS 7, OpenDOS 7.01,
> and DR-DOS 7.02 genuinely support a CONFIG.SYS LASTDRIVE=32 directive
> in order to allocate up to 32 drive letters, named A: to Z:, [:, \:, ]:,
> ^:, _: and `:. (DR-DOS 7.02-7.07 also supports HILASTDRIVE and
> LASTDRIVEHIGH directives in order to relocate drive structures into
> upper memory.) Some DOS application programs do not expect drive letters
> beyond Z: and will not work with them, therefore it is recommended to
> use them for special purposes or search drives.
> ...
> Windows 9x (MS-DOS 7.0/MS-DOS 7.1) added support for LASTDRIVE=32
> and LASTDRIVEHIGH=32 as well.

Complete thread:

• Third Floppy Drive ? Twenty Six Drives ? - CLINT, 16.07.2021, 15:40 (Emulation)
  • Third Floppy Drive ? Twenty Six Drives ? - Oso2k, 16.07.2021, 20:17
  • Third Floppy Drive ? Twenty Six Drives ? - mceric, 16.07.2021, 20:43
  • Third Floppy Drive ? Twenty Six Drives ? - bretjohn, 16.07.2021, 22:01
    • Third Floppy Drive ? Twenty Six Drives ? - Rugxulo, 17.07.2021, 00:15