[ros-general] Drive letters

[Martin Fuchs]

> Maybe I'm missing something obvious here, but on my Win2k system I can
> mount any partition I want on any (NTFS) directory, just like you can
> mount filesystems on directories in Unix. So just make your C: drive
> NTFS, mount the other partitions, and forget about the C: if you want
> Unix-style paths.
> 
> When we reach compatibility in this area, this will be possible for
> ReactOS too. On the other hand, because of that same compatibility, we
> will have to support drive letters too. I really don't see why we would
> have to make a choice in this matter.

The choice in setup would configure how the partitions are mapped to
drive letters / mounted at directories. This is really missing in MS
Windows'
setup procedure. You can only choose on which drive and directory you
want to install the system files.

Regards,

   Martin

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