From: John H. Kim (kim_at_stormhaven.org)
Date: Sat Sep 19 1998 - 14:54:25 EDT
On Sat, 19 Sep 1998, bfink wrote:
>
> Just another partition, not bootable, for backup, etc. The problem after
> using fdisk and creating 2 partitions (1 "DOS" as I recall, one
> "extended") was that upon reboot, the OS remapped some of the drive
> letters, and some of the new "drives" would not open (got the "not ready"
> dialog).
>
> What I expected: 5.1g Drive 1 = C: D: E:
> 3.2g Drive 2 = F: G:
>
> What I got 5.1g Drive 1 = C: ok; D had become E:; D was unreadable
> 3.2g Drive 2 = F: (the DOS partition?); G was
> unreadable
Normally, when you have two drives, all primary partitions are
assigned letters first, then the logical partitions. So if
you had
Drive 1 = (primary) (logical) (logical)
Drive 2 = (primary) (logical)
You'd wind up with:
Drive 1 = (primary) = C: (logical) = E: (logical) = F:
Drive 2 = (primary) = D: (logical) = G:
Yes, I know it's stupid - doing it this way means adding a
second drive changes the letters on the first drive's logical
drives, making programs and OSes on your first drive
unusuable. But tell Microsoft that.
-- John H. Kim kim_at_stormhaven.org
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