Hi, On 6 Oct 2021, at 23:12, Steve Nickolas wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Oct 2021, tom ehlert wrote: > >> >>>> users will have FAR more than 60 GB disk size and you can >>>> have only 24 drive letters from C: to Z: >> >>> Up to 32 under some DOS/Windows versions: >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive_letter_assignment#Common_assignments >> >> while technically true, it just doesn't make ever sense to have setup >> split *automatically* a hard disk into 24 (or 32) partitions. >> >> this auto partitioning option(?) simply should go the way of the dodo. >> >> Tom > > For what it's worth, while MS-DOS and PC DOS autopartition, DR DOS doesn't, > and just runs FDISK. > > That is probably the better route? > it would be a better route with an expanded FDISK utility that has a less hostile interface for beginners and offers an "auto-partitioning" feature. Some of the BSD-Unix installers (OpenBSD, NetBSD) could be used as inspiration. Greetings Carsten
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