[Info-vax] RMS intro

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 12/31/2023 9:05 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Sun, 31 Dec 2023 19:38:00 -0500, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> On 12/31/2023 4:50 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>> Along with those 8-bit-era single-letter drive names, for some reason.
>>>
>>> Microsoft: “26 drive letters ought to be enough for anybody!”
>>
>> You can mount disks without using drive letters with NTFS.
> 
> As I recall from reading docs, that doesn’t work with network shares or
> hot-pluggable storage. Or this thing called “storage spaces”.

You don't need it for a network share - those can just be accessed
directly via UNC.

(it is said that one can make a symlink to UNC if one want to)

> And remember, it’s NTFS-specific.

It is specific to the file system used on practically all Windows
disks.

>                  Windows lacks the equivalent of a fully
> general VFS layer, for some totally unfathomable reason.

I don't think many Windows users miss it.

Arne