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

2005-10-18 Thread Daniel Breest
Hi list, don't know, if this question has been asked on this list and if this is the correct list for this question. I haven't found any results using google etc. The question is: is it possible to trigger the freedos kernel to reread the partition table and reassign drive letters from within

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

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

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

2005-10-18 Thread Eric Auer
Hi, Jeremy is right, FreeDOS boots in seconds, so it is best to just reboot. Dynamic drive letter assignment is not what DOS programs are used to cope with. HOWEVER, useful aspects of re-read partitions would be: - you can scan a PCMCIA disk after initializing the disk controller - you can