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From: 2212msr@whuts.UUCP (ROBIN)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: disk naming help wanted
Message-ID: <349@whuts.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 2-Nov-85 00:42:02 EST
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Posted: Sat Nov  2 00:42:02 1985
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> 
> Something about disk labelling.
> 
> It is fairly easy to write a program to label a  disk  (they  abound  on
> BBSs  and  I  have  one I can post if it is really required). No, MS-DOS
> doesn't seem to include one in  the  normal  release;  probably  because
> there are problems (I think due to a bug (yes, another one)) in MS-DOS.
> 
> The way you label a disk is to create a directory  entry  (in  the  root
> directory)   with   the   'volume   label'   bit   set. This  is  fairly
> easy. However, if you change the label later on (by either  removing  it
> completely  or  by  deleting it then creating a new one) the chances are
> you will trash a few files. The behaviour of  MS-DOS  in  this  area  is
> *weird*. I  can  see no rhyme or reason for the mess that is made of the
> disk (something like the first eight FAT entries are trashed).
> 
> What's more, it isn't even an unsupported feature; it's actually in  the
> manual  so  Microsoft  haven't  got  that  cop-out  this time. Still, it
> wouldn't do to produce reliable software all the time - would it?
> -- 
>            Bob Eager
> 
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> 
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DOS 3.0 includes disk label function, whic appears to work correctly!