[Bug 24533] New: USB Floppy Drives cannot be assigned Drive A: or B:.

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http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24533

           Summary: USB Floppy Drives cannot be assigned Drive A: or B:.
           Product: Wine
           Version: 1.3.3
          Platform: x86
        OS/Version: Mac OS X 10.6
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: mountmgr.sys
        AssignedTo: wine-bugs at winehq.org
        ReportedBy: cparke at parkerfamily.name


Apparently, add_drive() in device.c recognizes them as RAM disks (as Mac OS
mounts the drive like a hard drive/USB flash with no partition table), not a
floppy drive, and I am restricted to drive letters D-Z in Wine.  Creating the
registry entry for the device at drive A: or B: is ignored, when the diskette
is inserted the drive just gets mounted as E: or so forth.  Even if I manually
create the A: drive link in the /DosDevices directory, when I insert the
diskette it gets a new letter and mounts under both.  If C-Z are all used, the
drive does not mount at all.

There is no reason why a USB flash device or USB floppy cannot be assigned to
drive letter A: or B:.  Windows most certainly allows it! (even network drive
shares are allowed in the A:/B: slot)  In fact, if I muck with the registry in
Windows (since the UI doesn't allow it), Windows will allow a hard drive to
occupy the A: or B: slot.

At a minimum, the restrictions in WINE preventing USB Floppies from being
assigned to A:/B: needs to be removed.  I need the drive A: because I'm using
the USB floppy for a copy-protection scheme which uses a floppy diskette key to
validate the serial number before allowing an install (the routine also has
logic to block virtual drives and network shares from being used, which is why
a manually created A:/B: will not do).

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