In a message dated 10-24-99, Peter Knapper said to Linda Proulx:

PK>A DRIVE LETTER is simply a LABEL that the OS currently running
PK>assigns to a PARTITION, so that the USER can "point" to the
PK>partition. Try thinking about a non-DOS style OS such as Linux. ALL
PK>unix style OS's work fine without ANY understanding of drive letters
PK>at all. The partition that unix boots from is known as the ROOT
PK>partition (similar to a ROOT directory), and ALL other partitions
PK>that unix needs to access are MOUNTED directly off the ROOT
PK>partition and to the user look just like a directory on that ROOT
PK>partition, but the user specifies what the partitions are, and where
PK>they are found via the MOUNT command. No drive letters are used at
PK>all.

Hello Peter,

If Linda wasn't confused already, the above will certainly confuse her.

PK>  2. If you are talking about the partition that you are going to
PK>install OS/2 onto, then only an OS that is able to recognise the
PK>formating on that partition (FAT or HPFS), will actually ASSIGN a
PK>drive letter to it. All other OS's will treat it as if it did not
PK>exist!

Correct, if it wasn't formatted as FAT which is explained later in
your text.

Have a nice day,

Holger

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