> This version still has a known error with regard to CDS (drive
> assignment) - all drive letters are assigned successively (ie E: F:
> G:), if LASTDRIVE is reached it will gracefully handle that, but if
> there is a hole between used drive letters but it is not big enough
> for all units then it will replace the existing assignment (.e.g. if
> current is C: D: F: and a driver is loaded with 3 units it will use E:
> F: G: - i.e. F: is replaced).  I am not sure the best fix, either
> error/warn and stop loading (probably best) or skip past used letters
> (so would be E: G: H:) but could cause weird behavior as most drivers
> will probably only keep 1st drive + count.

Interesting. For most drivers, it probably won't matter if their drives
aren't really consecutive. So I would make skipping the drives and
continuing loading at least available via a command line option, or make
continuing the default and make aborting optional instead.

Regards,
Christian

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