"Mounting a drive"

[cknipe at savage.za.org]

Hmm

Disk Manager - Change Mount Point - Mount Volume to a Directory

Unless I'm misunderstanding, that's what you're looking for on the Windows
side.. 

--
Chris


Quoting Jerry McAllister <jerrymc at clunix.cl.msu.edu>:

> > 
> > Many  thanks for reply Jerry, when I joined FreeBSD I had not realised
> > that  it  was  a Linux/ Unix forum, on quick inspection I assumed that
> > the title referred to some kind of general help forum. There is such a
> > proliferation  of  abbreviated  titles  that I am not always sure from
> > titles of their purpose.
> > 
> > My  question  referred really to Windows XP, as I am only just getting
> > to grips with Linux.
> 
> First of all, it has nothing to do with LINUX.
> 
> This is FreeBSD which follows the BSD family of UNIX and
> is not nearly the same.   In fact, most of us experience it
> as superior to LUNIX for server work.
>    Check it out at:   http://www.freebsd.org/
> 
> As for any Microsloth stuff, I couldn't help, but I would
> guess that you are wasting your time trying to do anything
> of that sophistication in MS.
> 
> Finally, when you post questions or responses on the list, you should
> always include the list in your responses (as a cc).
> 
> ////jerry
> 
> 
> > I  had  read  an article recently, which I can no longer find, that to
> > get  around  the  limitation, under windows XP, of the number of named
> > partitions  that  one  can  use,  that  apparently  one  can "mount" a
> > partition,  be  it  a  sector  of a hard drive, or a removeable drive,
> > within  a  directory. ( I believe the article said directory, it might
> > have  ben  a folder ) The article was referring to the ability then to
> > have  a  number of flash drives or external USB connected drives which
> > could exceed the normal Windows limitation.
> > 
> > I  am  running  a  piece of software, hyperOS, which allows me to have
> > multiple  bootable partitions, and currently I have around 20 on a 300
> > Gig  hard  drive,  I wanted to add several USB memory stick drives and
> > some partitions with different flavours of linux, and so am interested
> > in  finding  out  how I can overcome the windows XP limitation. I felt
> > that  also  I  needed  to  understand what the term "mounting a drive"
> > actually  meant,  so  that  I  could  try  to  anticipate  any unusual
> > behaviour,  particularly  with  boot  switching.  From  your  email it
> > appears  that  "mounting"  implies  letting the device driver know the
> > address of the device upon which it is to work.
> > 
> > Best regards and thanks for reply,
> > Richard
> > 
> > mailto:rs at pswl.com
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