(It’s based on an older chipset, which might explain the lack of type-C ports.)
My external SSD I bought has a USB-C connection, but I simply put an
adapter on it to make it normal USB, as I did with a "C cable", to plug
it into my UPS as a power source.
Imagine filling them all with storage devices: Dimdows couldn’t cope.
But Linux could.
There is an irony in Winblows demanding such great specs for good
performance, but still using a DOS-ish file system.
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From CrudeSausage@[email protected] to comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy on Thu Nov 6 08:56:33 2025
(It’s based on an older chipset, which might explain the lack of type-C ports.)
Imagine filling them all with storage devices: Dimdows couldn’t cope.
But Linux could.
Honestly, that's been my experience. Windows seems to have trouble
handling too many devices on USB controllers.
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From candycanearter07@[email protected] to comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy on Thu Nov 6 18:50:05 2025
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Lawrence D’Oliveiro <[email protected]d> wrote at 03:59 this Thursday (GMT):
(It’s based on an older chipset, which might explain the lack of type-C ports.)
Imagine filling them all with storage devices: Dimdows couldn’t cope.
But Linux could.
Windows actually does support mounting a drive to a folder, but only on
ntfs devices because of course. It's also hidden pretty well in the
Device Management Panel.
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From Joel W. Crump@[email protected] to comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy on Thu Nov 6 14:19:32 2025
From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy
On 11/6/25 1:50 PM, candycanearter07 wrote:
Lawrence D’Oliveiro <[email protected]d> wrote at 03:59 this Thursday (GMT):
(It’s based on an older chipset, which might explain the lack of type-C ports.)
Imagine filling them all with storage devices: Dimdows couldn’t cope.
But Linux could.
Windows actually does support mounting a drive to a folder, but only on
ntfs devices because of course. It's also hidden pretty well in the
Device Management Panel.
It is interesting how Linux supports NTFS, but Winblows doesn't support
Unix file systems. Interoperability is something M$ cares about, but
only so much.
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From Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=@[email protected] to comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy on Thu Nov 6 20:06:14 2025
From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy
On Thu, 6 Nov 2025 18:50:05 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:
Lawrence D’Oliveiro <[email protected]d> wrote at 03:59 this Thursday (GMT):
(It’s based on an older chipset, which might explain the lack of
type-C ports.)
Imagine filling them all with storage devices: Dimdows couldn’t cope.
But Linux could.
Windows actually does support mounting a drive to a folder, but only
on ntfs devices because of course. It's also hidden pretty well in
the Device Management Panel.
How would you refer to such a drive? Because of course you can’t use a
drive letter ...
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From candycanearter07@[email protected] to comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy on Fri Nov 7 16:30:04 2025
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Joel W. Crump <[email protected]> wrote at 19:19 this Thursday (GMT):
On 11/6/25 1:50 PM, candycanearter07 wrote:
Lawrence D’Oliveiro <[email protected]d> wrote at 03:59 this Thursday (GMT):
(It’s based on an older chipset, which might explain the lack of type-C ports.)
Imagine filling them all with storage devices: Dimdows couldn’t cope.
But Linux could.
Windows actually does support mounting a drive to a folder, but only on
ntfs devices because of course. It's also hidden pretty well in the
Device Management Panel.
It is interesting how Linux supports NTFS, but Winblows doesn't support
Unix file systems. Interoperability is something M$ cares about, but
only so much.
Well, see all the times that they nuke GRUB installs. Linux interop
seems like a big painpoint to them.
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From candycanearter07@[email protected] to comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy on Fri Nov 7 16:30:06 2025
From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Lawrence D’Oliveiro <[email protected]d> wrote at 20:06 this Thursday (GMT):
On Thu, 6 Nov 2025 18:50:05 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:
Lawrence D’Oliveiro <[email protected]d> wrote at 03:59 this Thursday (GMT): >>>
(It’s based on an older chipset, which might explain the lack of
type-C ports.)
Imagine filling them all with storage devices: Dimdows couldn’t cope.
But Linux could.
Windows actually does support mounting a drive to a folder, but only
on ntfs devices because of course. It's also hidden pretty well in
the Device Management Panel.
How would you refer to such a drive? Because of course you can’t use a drive letter ...
The folder path?
Unfortunately, I think there are programs out there that are lazy and
only "scan" for seperate drives based on drive letters, so thats also
fun.
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From Joel W. Crump@[email protected] to comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy on Fri Nov 7 11:33:42 2025
From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy
On 11/7/25 11:30 AM, candycanearter07 wrote:
Joel W. Crump <[email protected]> wrote at 19:19 this Thursday (GMT):
On 11/6/25 1:50 PM, candycanearter07 wrote:
Lawrence D’Oliveiro <[email protected]d> wrote at 03:59 this Thursday (GMT): >>
(It’s based on an older chipset, which might explain the lack of type-C ports.)
Imagine filling them all with storage devices: Dimdows couldn’t cope. >>>> But Linux could.
Windows actually does support mounting a drive to a folder, but only on
ntfs devices because of course. It's also hidden pretty well in the
Device Management Panel.
It is interesting how Linux supports NTFS, but Winblows doesn't support
Unix file systems. Interoperability is something M$ cares about, but
only so much.
Well, see all the times that they nuke GRUB installs. Linux interop
seems like a big painpoint to them.
True, one has to be artful to dual-boot Winblows on a single drive. I
simply wouldn't do it that way, I'd put a second drive in. Or just not
run Winblows. :)
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From Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=@[email protected] to comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy on Fri Nov 7 19:45:49 2025
From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy
On Fri, 7 Nov 2025 16:30:04 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:
Well, see all the times that [Microsoft] nuke GRUB installs. Linux
interop seems like a big painpoint to them.
Well, pain point to their users, anyway. They probably don’t care ...
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From Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=@[email protected] to comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy on Fri Nov 7 19:46:48 2025
From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy
On Fri, 7 Nov 2025 16:30:06 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:
Lawrence D’Oliveiro <[email protected]d> wrote at 20:06 this Thursday (GMT):
On Thu, 6 Nov 2025 18:50:05 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:
Windows actually does support mounting a drive to a folder, but
only on ntfs devices because of course. It's also hidden pretty
well in the Device Management Panel.
How would you refer to such a drive? Because of course you can’t
use a drive letter ...
The folder path?
That’s after it’s mounted at that folder path. How do you refer to it
to set up the mount in the first place?
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From =?UTF-8?Q?Baba=20=20O=E2=80=99Riley?=@[email protected] to comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy on Fri Nov 7 19:59:28 2025
(It’s based on an older chipset, which might explain the lack of
type-C ports.)
Imagine filling them all with storage devices: Dimdows couldn’t cope. >>>> But Linux could.
Windows actually does support mounting a drive to a folder, but only
on ntfs devices because of course. It's also hidden pretty well in
the Device Management Panel.
How would you refer to such a drive? Because of course you can’t use a
drive letter ...
The folder path?
Unfortunately, I think there are programs out there that are lazy and
only "scan" for seperate drives based on drive letters, so thats also
fun.
That would only apply to very old and/or poorly written software. If
written correctly in the last 25 years or so, then URLs work just fine.
I know because I was surprised that a utility I wrote in VB around 2002 automatically understood URLs.
So, the “26 drives” thing no longer exists. Not to mention that was a DOS restriction, which was carried over from CP/M for compatibility reasons.
It was not Windows NT restriction.
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From Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=@[email protected] to comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy on Fri Nov 7 20:04:58 2025
From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy
On Fri, 07 Nov 2025 19:59:28 +0000, Baba O’Riley wrote:
So, the “26 drives” thing no longer exists.
Can you specify a drive by WWN?
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