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From: jkavanau@eecs.wsu.edu (Jeff Kavanaugh)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: Swapping logical device names under DOS?
Keywords: logical device names
Message-ID: <1991Jan31.174659.27640@eecs.wsu.edu>
Date: 31 Jan 91 17:46:59 GMT
References: <1991Jan30.201844.13348@cs.cmu.edu>
Reply-To: jkavanau@yoda.UUCP (Jeff Kavanaugh)
Organization: Washington State University, Pullman
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In article <1991Jan30.201844.13348@cs.cmu.edu> wah@MAPS.CS.CMU.EDU (Wilson Harvey) writes:
>This must have been asked many times.
>
>I have a NEC PowerMate 286+ with two internal floppy drives (5.25" and 3.5").
>These are set up as A: and B:, respectively.  Periodically, I need to be able
>to switch the logical names (so that the A: drive is the 3.5" and the B: drive
>is 5.25").  Ideally, this would be done with a command file.
>
>Can anyone clue me in on how to do it?  I'm currently running under DOS3.2, but
>I will soon be upgrading to DOS4.0.
>

DOS has a file called ASSIGN.COM. It is used just for this purpose.
Suppose you want the A: to be B: and vice-versa. Execute the following:
	
	ASSIGN A: B:

	ASSIGN B: A:

This may not fool all installation software but will work with most apps.
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       Jeff Kavanaugh
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