XPost: aus.computers, alt.os.linux.debian   
   From: candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid   
      
   Paul  wrote at 22:28 this Thursday (GMT):   
   > 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   
      
      
   I assume it's done as a backwards-compatibility method, since it was   
   mentioned elsewhere in this thread some programs wouldn't start unless   
   they were loaded in the A: drive. On the other hand, if you're using a   
   program that old, you might be better off using DOSbox.   
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