Tim wrote: > On Tue, 2006-06-27 at 13:59 -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: >> I have no idea why Iomega used partition 4 instead of partition 1. > > Probably used to avoid drive letter shuffling on Windows systems. All > the primary partitions get the first letters on something like Win98, > which can re-letter your other partitions, depending on where the Zip > drive is connected amongst all your IDE ports. Extended partitions get > letters after the primary partitions, so none of your primary partitions > should get shuffled, though some of your extended ones might. At the > very least, it shouldn't stop you from booting. > Nice idea. The only problem is that partition 4 was still a primary partition. But I think removable drives were handled differently. The Iomega utilities would let you set the drive letter for the ZIP drive the same way you can for CD/DVD drives. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
