Few people on superuser.com seem to mention that B:\ was always reserved even on a single floppy system so that it was possible to copy data from one floppy onto another:
1. Insert source disk
2. Type copy a:\. b:\
3. The system will read a chunk of data from a:\ then say:
Please insert disk B: and press any key to continue...
4. You'd swap the disks, press a key, and the system will write the chunk of data and say
Please insert disk A: and press any key to continue...
This would go on and on and on...
Anyone remembers installing Win95 and the number of 1.44MB 3.5" floppies it came on? 26! And once you got to about disk no. 13 it would start asking you to insert seemingly random disk numbers every minute or so... Or how about getting to disk number 17 and being told that the installation is corrupt, start over.... errrr.......
1. Insert source disk
2. Type copy a:\. b:\
3. The system will read a chunk of data from a:\ then say: Please insert disk B: and press any key to continue...
4. You'd swap the disks, press a key, and the system will write the chunk of data and say Please insert disk A: and press any key to continue...
This would go on and on and on...
Anyone remembers installing Win95 and the number of 1.44MB 3.5" floppies it came on? 26! And once you got to about disk no. 13 it would start asking you to insert seemingly random disk numbers every minute or so... Or how about getting to disk number 17 and being told that the installation is corrupt, start over.... errrr.......