Re: Just a tip for you zip100 users
>>>>> "Deryk" == Deryk Barker <dbarker@turing.cs.camosun.bc.ca> writes:
Deryk> The reason it's partition 4 is apparently to do with Mac
Deryk> compatibility.
IIRC, it's Windows compatibility. When Windows starts up, it scans all
devices and assigns drive letters. (WinNT and Win9x have a slightly
different algorithm, to make life interesting.)
Now, if there is a disk in the drive at startup, Windows assigns a
drive letter. Otherwise, it ignores the zip. When you actually use the
disk, the next drive available letter is used.
I don't remember the details, but using partition 4 ends up last in
the sequence. This prevents Windows from getting confused by drive
letters that have changed.
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