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From: zalc0a@atanasof.trc.amoco.com (Arthur L. Corcoran)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: How do I prevent MS-DOS from seeing Minix partitions?
Summary: Quick fix
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Date: 22 Aug 90 14:23:04 GMT
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In article <2829@aipna.ed.ac.uk> jlb@aipna.ed.ac.uk (John Beaven) writes:
>I have an AT clone with two hard disks. The first one is divided into 2
>partitions and I keep my MS-DOS stuff in it, and the second one is
>divided into 3 partitions, and I have installed Minix 1.3 there.
>
>However, MS-DOS (3.30) still sees the Minix partitions (it thinks they
>are empty) and assigns them drive letters. It also feels quite happy
>about writing onto them (which predictably screws the Minix file
>system) should I accidentally give a "wrong" disk specification.

Assuming DOS assigns C: and D: to disk 1 and E:, F:, and G: to drive 2,
try this in your autoexec.bat:

        ASSIGN E=D F=D G=D

The drive letters will still be there but DOS will use D: instead of
E:, F:, or G:.  (You may use C: in place of D: if desired)

Hope this helps,
Art

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