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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 01, 1996
Mary Linda Monahan, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Antonio Abbondanzio, Round Rock, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Logical drive letters are assigned to a peripheral device in a computer using stored identifying information and a corresponding preferred drive letter assignment for each peripheral device having a preferred drive letter assignment. During system initialization, identifying information--a physical device specifier or a logical volume identification--is obtained from the peripheral device. This identifying information obtained from the peripheral device is compared to similar stored identifying information. If a match is found, the peripheral is assigned the corresponding preferred drive letter, if possible.