Merced - and the ol' Unix story (was Re: OT, but info needed: RAM uprade)

From: Max Eskin <kurtkilgor_at_bigfoot.com>
Date: Fri Jan 15 18:35:36 1999

> silly assumptions about the machine (MS-DOS software often assumes that
> the floppy drive is A: and the hard disk is C: - and refuses to let you
> change this!). Or that misdetect the hardware I have (my enhanced CGA

In fact, I've always found the limitations of DOS and PCs curious. Does
anyone know why:

*They refuse to boot from anything but A: or C:
*DOS FDISK refuses to create more than 1 primary partition
*DOS can't find an ATAPI cd-rom without a driver, even though it's an IDE
device
*Why we are limited to 2 floppy drives in DOS
Received on Fri Jan 15 1999 - 18:35:36 GMT