Re: Don't want D: as 1st partition on 2nd drive

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From: Jeremy Laidman
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1992 10:29

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sgil@netcom.com (Steve Gilbert) writes:

>I've just added a second hard drive to my system, but this has caused
>a problem with DOS 5.0 and the drive letters it uses.  Originally, my
>first drive had multiple partitions, C: thru K:.  Now DOS insists that
>D: be the first partition on the second drive, which means that all
>the partition letters on the first drive beyond C: have been shifted by
>one, to E: thru L:.  Is there any way to get DOS to assign the first
>partition on the second drive as L:, thereby leaving C: thru K: on drive
>one?

>[Sorry if this is a FAQ.  My site doesn't have any FAQs in its' current
>articles.]
>--
>Steve Gilbert					(sgil@netcom.com)

You might try partitioning the second hard-drive's first partition as an
extended filesystem, rather than a primary partition.

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