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Apparently, though unproven, at 01:14 on Wednesday 24 November 2010, David W |
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Noon did opine thusly: |
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> >Errm, not exactly. SCSI/SATAs are limited to 15 (inc. one extended |
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> >partition) and old (legacy driven) IDEs are limited to some 63 |
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> >partitions if I recall correctly. If you use the new libata I think |
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> >you only get 15 partitions for SATA/PATA. |
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> Well that's a software limitation. I am a little surprised that |
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> the limit is so small, as Windows can support 24 drive letters |
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> (C: through Z:) assigned to hard drive partitions. Of course, |
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> accessing the CD-ROM would then be a bit sporty under Windows. |
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Not quite, you are confused. |
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That's 24 'drives" of all kinds spread across all kinds: |
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removeable media |
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hard disks (all partitions) |
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full disk (without partitions) |
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network drives |
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"$other_stuff" (a catchall for anything else MS might dream up). |
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16 for SCSI is plenty in real life, and it's a hardware limitation not a |
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software one so the driver can't be updated for this. |
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24 drive letters has *nothing* to do with partition number limits. They are |
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not even vaguely related. |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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