Re: /dev/hdc? and changing drive letters

From: Jules Dubois (3f88o9g02_at_sneakemail.com)
Date: 10/30/04

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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 22:21:29 -0600

    On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 21:26:20 -0400, H. S. wrote:

    > But when windows was started, I got:
    > hdc2 as c:
    > hdc3 as e:
    > hdc5 as d:

    I had

      hda1 as c:
      hda2 as o:
      hda3 as d:
      etc.

    > I have
    > found out how to change drive letters, I am thinking of doing:
    >
    > 1) make d: as z:
    > 2) make e: as d:
    > 3) make z: as e:

    There's the problem of drive references stored in the registry, but as you
    said, "hdc3 and hdc5 are still empty", this shouldn't be a problem for you.

    IIRC, you'll have to reboot before step (3), because "e:" was already in
    use before you began relettering.

    > IF this will have absolutely no effect on the MBR or the partition table
    > of the disk, I will do it right way.

    The partition table, stored on (is it more correct to say near?) the
    MBR doesn't really have anything to do with drive letters. They are a
    Windows fiction, as the is appearance of a unified tree with mounted
    filesystems under Linux.

    > That is all I want to confirm.

    I have done it numerous times under Windows 2000. If I were using WinXP
    -- and fortunately, I'm not -- I would do it without hesitation, but my
    opinion is not a guarantee of success. 

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