Re: [Freedos-kernel] reload partition table and reassign drive letters

2005-10-18 Thread Kenneth J. Davis
I've considered this in the past, but the consensus seems to be that it 
is best just to reboot.  It is possible to assuming no TSRs are loaded 
that would be confused by such action, but if done in the kernel it 
would involve leaving normally init time (hence transient so does not 
normally occupy the precious low memory) code in.  If you really really 
really need to do this, then for a controlled setup only (no TSRs or 
ones you know, and I do mean know, will not be confused by such action 
-- note FreeCom may be confused by such action) I would suggest taking 
the source for the specific kernel you are booting and make an external 
program that does the required work.  I don't have time at the moment as 
I'm trying to finish my MS/PC DOS 6 config menu support, have a few 
dozen bugs on the back burner, my SYS work, my FreeCom work, my AtapiCDD 
work, and half a dozen other things I've forgotten about.


Jeremy
(current kernel maintainer)





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Re: [Freedos-kernel] reload partition table and reassign drive letters

2005-10-18 Thread Arkady V.Belousov
Hi!

18-Окт-2005 13:48 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Daniel Breest) wrote to
freedos-kernel@lists.sourceforge.net:

DB The question is: is it possible to trigger the freedos kernel to reread
DB the partition table and reassign drive letters from within a running
DB freedos.

 No. Code, which recognizes partitions and prepares structures for them,
present only in transient part, which removed after booting.





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