XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Tue, 4 Feb 2025 00:24:32 -0500, Paul wrote:   
      
   > If an MBR has four partitions on it (as in MSDOS partitioning),   
   > then the Windows mounter will mount all four partitions (as long as they   
   > are Windows types, or, an IFS is installed in the OS to extend the   
   > capability). It's not clear, if a partition becomes un-selectable,   
   > whether a "letter" can be assigned to a partition.   
   > In some cases, even a RAW partition can have a letter assigned, but if   
   > you do that and then access the letter in Windows, it will immediately   
   > request that you format the partition.   
      
   There seems to be no clear distinction in Windows between the block   
   device/partition and the filesystem volume.   
      
   In Linux, devices and partitions have device names, but accessing the   
   mounted volume is done via the mount point, which is the directory where   
   the volume is mounted.   
      
   The important point being the two names need have nothing to do with each   
   other. And the device name remains valid for access whether the volume is   
   mounted or not.   
      
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