[Info-vax] SET DEFAULT iterative logical name translation

Arne Vajhøj arne at vajhoej.dk
Wed Oct 27 09:29:54 EDT 2021


On 10/26/2021 6:46 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
> On Wednesday, October 27, 2021 at 2:41:29 AM UTC+13, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> The last Windows server version that required a unique drive letter per
>> disk was NT 4.0 Server (released 1996, end of support 2002/2004). All
>> newer Windows versions (2003, 2008, 2008R2, 2012, 2012R2, 2016, 2019
>> and 2022) supports volume mount points.
> 
> Which are too fiddly for ordinary people to use,

Likely.

But then I do not expect "ordinary people" to be responsible for
"entrust mission-critical business functions to" systems.

And if they are then I would not blame MS for the consequences.

> can cause incompatibilities with some software,

Invisible to software.

> are tricky to set up for things like USB sticks

It may be a problem to stuff 30 USB sticks in a Windows
server.

But believe me that is not a problem for "entrust mission-critical
business functions to" systems.

Arne





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