XPost: aus.computers, alt.os.linux.debian   
   From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Thu, 8/14/2025 8:35 AM, Xeno wrote:   
   > On 14/8/2025 2:38 pm, Felix wrote:   
   >> Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>> On Tue, 12 Aug 2025 23:04:52 -0400, Alan K. wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> as /media/alan/DATA or /media/alan/C_Drive   
   >>> What happened to “A” and “B” drives?   
   >>   
   >> they're floppies   
   >>   
   > I haven't had a floppy drive in a computer for yonks, the last 3 new ones   
   didn't even have CD/DVD drives. Even the few PCs I have built in recent times   
   - like the past 20 years - had 250 Meg Zip Drives and they were rarely used.   
   A: and B: names should    
   be freed up to reflect current computer usage.   
   >   
      
   They (A and B) are available. On computers with the floppy disk controller   
   disabled   
   or non-existent, the letters are in the Disk Management list as candidates.   
      
   They are just not automatically dispensed, but are available to be   
   manually dispensed. You will not find one of your Windows partitions   
   set to A or B via the OS by accident.   
      
      diskpart.exe   
      select disk 0   
      select partition 2   
      assign letter=a   
      exit   
      
   And no, I wouldn't do that. That's to show they aren't wasted.   
   You can get at them. "A and B can run, but they can't hide."   
      
     Paul   
      
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