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Q104889: DoubleSpace Doesn’t Support Logical Drive B on Single Floppy

Article: Q104889
Product(s): Microsoft Disk Operating System
Version(s): MS-DOS:6.2,6.22
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 20-NOV-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system versions 6.2, 6.22 
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SUMMARY
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This information applies to both Microsoft DoubleSpace and Microsoft DriveSpace.
For MS-DOS 6.22, use DRVSPACE in place of DBLSPACE for commands and filenames.

DoubleSpace does not work correctly if you mount two DoubleSpace- compressed
floppy disks on drive letters A and B if you only have one physical floppy disk
drive.

MORE INFORMATION
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If you have one floppy disk drive (A) but can access it as A or B, you will
encounter problems with DoubleSpace if you manually mount a
DoubleSpace-compressed floppy disk on both drives A and B.

NOTE: The DoubleSpace Automount code disables itself for logical drive B if you
have only one floppy disk drive.

To avoid this problem, do not use the logical drive B to manually mount a
DoubleSpace-compressed floppy disk.

Additional query words: 6.20 phantom auto-mount for insert diskette

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbMSDOSSearch kbMSDOS622 kbMSDOS620
Version           : MS-DOS:6.2,6.22

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