C, D even older (Was Re: Looking for more Debian packages)
On Tue, 2003-07-29 at 09:15, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 01:31:24PM +0000, Jianan Huang wrote:
> > 1) I read about disk boot problem in the mail list. Right now I boot
> > from a floppy. My machine BIOS can only boot from the C drive or the
> > floppy. I use D drive for my Linux.
>
> "C drive" and "D drive" are DOS/Windows concepts, by the way, although
> they're often mentioned in BIOSes as well. It would be less confusing if
> you could get used to Linux-style terms like hda, hda1, etc.
Actually, they're from CP/M. Earlier, maybe?
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