Date: Sun, 12 Jan 1997 02:08:16 -0800 (PST) From: John-Mark Gurney <jmg@nike.efn.org> To: Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de> Cc: FreeBSD Current <FreeBSD-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Partition naming [Was: Adding Hard Drives - Prepping] Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.95.970112020555.16860a-100000@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> In-Reply-To: <E0vjICa-00032J-00@rover.village.org>
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On Sat, 11 Jan 1997, Warner Losh wrote: > In message <Mutt.19970111124933.j@uriah.heep.sax.de> J Wunsch writes: > : Uh-oh, Warner. :-) That's possible since FreeBSD 2.0.5. I think you > : can have 32 slices or so (that's more than DOS can have, it has only > : 26 drive letters :-). actually... dos supports 32 drive letters.. :) a quote from a friend that know dos extreamly well (Jon Mini): You might like to pass it on that DOS can support up to 32 drive letters. You get drives A..Z, then "[\]^_`" This is true for any MS-DOS from 3.20 on up. I can't speak for any DOS clones however. And yes, DOS will parse "\:filename.ext" correctly. =) jtymltk :)... ttyl.. John-Mark gurney_j@efn.org http://resnet.uoregon.edu/~gurney_j/ Modem/FAX: (541) 683-6954 (FreeBSD Box) Live in Peace, destroy Micro$oft, support free software, run FreeBSD (unix)
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