Re: /dev/hdc? and changing drive letters
On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 21:26:20 -0400, H. S. wrote:
> But when windows was started, I got:
> hdc2 as c:
> hdc3 as e:
> hdc5 as d:
I had
hda1 as c:
hda2 as o:
hda3 as d:
etc.
> I have
> found out how to change drive letters, I am thinking of doing:
>
> 1) make d: as z:
> 2) make e: as d:
> 3) make z: as e:
There's the problem of drive references stored in the registry, but as you
said, "hdc3 and hdc5 are still empty", this shouldn't be a problem for you.
IIRC, you'll have to reboot before step (3), because "e:" was already in
use before you began relettering.
> IF this will have absolutely no effect on the MBR or the partition table
> of the disk, I will do it right way.
The partition table, stored on (is it more correct to say near?) the
MBR doesn't really have anything to do with drive letters. They are a
Windows fiction, as the is appearance of a unified tree with mounted
filesystems under Linux.
> That is all I want to confirm.
I have done it numerous times under Windows 2000. If I were using WinXP
-- and fortunately, I'm not -- I would do it without hesitation, but my
opinion is not a guarantee of success.
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