From: Simon Oke <simon AT loony DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
Message-Id: <199610210944.KAA00198@loony.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Drive Help
To: eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il (Eli Zaretskii)
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1996 10:44:59 +0100 (BST)
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.961020192837.500I-100000@is> from "Eli Zaretskii" at Oct 20, 96 07:33:44 pm
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> 
> 
> On 20 Oct 1996, Simon Oke wrote:
> 
> > > I'm saying that it is always there on a PC.  If the drive is 
> > > disconnected, as far as I know DOS will refuse to boot.
> > 
> > Mine has no power connector at the moment, is disabled in the BIOS
> > setup, and the machine boots just fine.
> 
> And which drives does DOS think are available?  Does it call the hard 
> disk A: or C:?  If it's C:, what do you get when you type this:
> 
> 	cd a:
> 

The following:

c:\>a:
Drive not ready--close door
R(etry), I(gnore), F(ail), or A(bort)? f
Invalid drive "A:"

c:\>


So, the hard disk is C:, the (non-existent) floppy is A:.
DOS still has the support loaded for it, even though the
drive is not there. Like I said, it still boots fine.

Simon.