Pagefile on B: drive

I am trying to find information on how to add a page file to a drive B: on a
Server 2003 system? I can make a B: drive on the system from one of our
physical disk in the system, but when I add a page file to that drive it
isn't recognized. All other drive letters are in use.

Keith <> wrote:
> I am trying to find information on how to add a page file to a drive
> B: on a Server 2003 system? I can make a B: drive on the system from
> one of our physical disk in the system, but when I add a page file to
> that drive it isn't recognized. All other drive letters are in use.

B is reserved for a floppy, IIRC.

What's your goal here? Your pagefile belongs on one of your physical disks -
which already have drive letters. I'm a little scared when you say "all
other drive letters are in use," though. Why would you have 26 drive letters
in use on a server?

In message <> "Lanwench [MVP -
Exchange]" < hoo.com>
was claimed to have wrote:

>Keith <> wrote:
>> I am trying to find information on how to add a page file to a drive
>> B: on a Server 2003 system? I can make a B: drive on the system from
>> one of our physical disk in the system, but when I add a page file to
>> that drive it isn't recognized. All other drive letters are in use.
>
>B is reserved for a floppy, IIRC.

It is/was by the BIOS, but no NT based OS has ever enforced that
requirement, you've always been able to attach a network drive or mount
a volume as A or B, although you will get some quirks.

It looks like the inability to place a pagefile on B is one of those
quirks.

>What's your goal here? Your pagefile belongs on one of your physical disks -
>which already have drive letters. I'm a little scared when you say "all
>other drive letters are in use," though. Why would you have 26 drive letters
>in use on a server?

Seems odd, but some people go partition crazy and don't like to use
mount points.

Dave Warren wrote:
> In message <> "Lanwench [MVP -
> Exchange]" < hoo.com>
> was claimed to have wrote:
>
>> Keith <> wrote:
>>> I am trying to find information on how to add a page file to a drive
>>> B: on a Server 2003 system? I can make a B: drive on the system
>>> from one of our physical disk in the system, but when I add a page
>>> file to that drive it isn't recognized. All other drive letters are
>>> in use.
>>
>> B is reserved for a floppy, IIRC.
>
> It is/was by the BIOS, but no NT based OS has ever enforced that
> requirement, you've always been able to attach a network drive or
> mount a volume as A or B, although you will get some quirks.
>
> It looks like the inability to place a pagefile on B is one of those
> quirks.
>
>> What's your goal here? Your pagefile belongs on one of your physical
>> disks - which already have drive letters. I'm a little scared when
>> you say "all other drive letters are in use," though. Why would you
>> have 26 drive letters in use on a server?
>
> Seems odd, but some people go partition crazy and don't like to use
> mount points.

A & B are reserved for removable media. Floppies, ZIP drives, etc. Besides
getting the drive letter assigned, which can be done with diskpart and
other means, you still have to convince the OS (registry) that A and B are
not removable DOSDevices.

IMHO, this is worse than going partition crazy.

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/kj