About finding the last hard disk partition (or confusion) - China DOS Union Forum

【Basics】：
set lastdrv=
for %%i in (z y x w v u t s r q p o n m l k j i h g f e d c) do call chkdrv.bat %%i

chkdrv.bat is as follows:
if not %lastdrv%'==' goto _end
if %1'==' goto _end
if %1==%cdrom% goto _end
if %1==%RAMD% goto _end
dready %1 /w
if errorlevel 2 goto _end
set lastdrv=%1
:_end

【Wuyou boot disk configuration】
@ECHO OFF
PROMPT $P$G
set temp=c:\
set tmp=c:\
SET EXPAND=YES
SET DIRCMD=/O:N
set LglDrv=27 * 26 Z 25 Y 24 X 23 W 22 V 21 U 20 T 19 S 18 R 17 Q 16 P 15
set LglDrv=%LglDrv% O 14 N 13 M 12 L 11 K 10 J 9 I 8 H 7 G 6 F 5 E 4 D 3 C
call setramd.bat %LglDrv%
path=%RAMD%:\;%RAMD%:\BAT;%CDROM%:\;%CDROM%:\UCDOS;%CDROM%:\BOOT;A:\;C:\;
copy get.exe %RAMD%:\ > NUL
copy attrib.exe %RAMD%:\ > NUL
copy command.com %RAMD%:\ > NUL
copy edit.com %RAMD%:\ > NUL
copy format.com %RAMD%:\ > NUL
copy fdisk.exe %RAMD%:\ > NUL
copy deltree.exe %RAMD%:\ > NUL
copy restart.com %RAMD%:\ > NUL
copy readme.exe %RAMD%:\ > NUL
copy mouse.* %RAMD%:\ > NUL
copy xxcopy.exe %RAMD%:\ > NUL
rem copy extract.exe %RAMD%:\ > NUL
set comspec=%RAMD%:\command.com
LH MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD000 /L:%CDROM%

CDA %CDROM% > NUL
IF errorlevel 1 GOTO NEXTCD
IF NOT EXIST %CDROM%:\BOOT\TW.EXE GOTO NEXTCD
GOTO BOOT

:NEXTCD
CALL CHCDROM.BAT C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
GOTO BOOT

:BOOT
LH ZENO.EXE /Q > NUL
LH SMARTDRV.EXE > NUL
LH KILLER.EXE > NUL
LH DOSKEY.COM /B=16 > NUL
LH PERUSE.COM /X16 > NUL
LH DOSLFN.COM /Z:CP936UNI.TBL > NUL
LH KEY.COM PY WB > NUL
Set LglDrv=

MD %RAMD%:\TEMP
XXCOPY /E /H %CDROM%:\BOOT\EBD %RAMD%:\ > NUL
%RAMD%:
CD \
LH MOUSE.COM > NUL
LH FINDCD.EXE > NUL
set lastdrv=
for %%i in (z y x w v u t s r q p o n m l k j i h g f e d c) do call chkdrv.bat %%i
MENU.BAT

【Confusion】
Why is %lastdrv% sometimes correct and sometimes wrong? Why can't it be as accurate as %ramd% (or %ramdrv%) and %cdrom%?

Floor1　QEYU	Posted 2003-11-29 00:00
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【Basics】： set lastdrv= for %%i in (z y x w v u t s r q p o n m l k j i h g f e d c) do call chkdrv.bat %%i chkdrv.bat is as follows: if not %lastdrv%'==' goto _end if %1'==' goto _end if %1==%cdrom% goto _end if %1==%RAMD% goto _end dready %1 /w if errorlevel 2 goto _end set lastdrv=%1 :_end 【Wuyou boot disk configuration】 @ECHO OFF PROMPT $P$G set temp=c:\ set tmp=c:\ SET EXPAND=YES SET DIRCMD=/O:N set LglDrv=27 * 26 Z 25 Y 24 X 23 W 22 V 21 U 20 T 19 S 18 R 17 Q 16 P 15 set LglDrv=%LglDrv% O 14 N 13 M 12 L 11 K 10 J 9 I 8 H 7 G 6 F 5 E 4 D 3 C call setramd.bat %LglDrv% path=%RAMD%:\;%RAMD%:\BAT;%CDROM%:\;%CDROM%:\UCDOS;%CDROM%:\BOOT;A:\;C:\; copy get.exe %RAMD%:\ > NUL copy attrib.exe %RAMD%:\ > NUL copy command.com %RAMD%:\ > NUL copy edit.com %RAMD%:\ > NUL copy format.com %RAMD%:\ > NUL copy fdisk.exe %RAMD%:\ > NUL copy deltree.exe %RAMD%:\ > NUL copy restart.com %RAMD%:\ > NUL copy readme.exe %RAMD%:\ > NUL copy mouse.* %RAMD%:\ > NUL copy xxcopy.exe %RAMD%:\ > NUL rem copy extract.exe %RAMD%:\ > NUL set comspec=%RAMD%:\command.com LH MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD000 /L:%CDROM% CDA %CDROM% > NUL IF errorlevel 1 GOTO NEXTCD IF NOT EXIST %CDROM%:\BOOT\TW.EXE GOTO NEXTCD GOTO BOOT :NEXTCD CALL CHCDROM.BAT C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z GOTO BOOT :BOOT LH ZENO.EXE /Q > NUL LH SMARTDRV.EXE > NUL LH KILLER.EXE > NUL LH DOSKEY.COM /B=16 > NUL LH PERUSE.COM /X16 > NUL LH DOSLFN.COM /Z:CP936UNI.TBL > NUL LH KEY.COM PY WB > NUL Set LglDrv= MD %RAMD%:\TEMP XXCOPY /E /H %CDROM%:\BOOT\EBD %RAMD%:\ > NUL %RAMD%: CD \ LH MOUSE.COM > NUL LH FINDCD.EXE > NUL set lastdrv= for %%i in (z y x w v u t s r q p o n m l k j i h g f e d c) do call chkdrv.bat %%i MENU.BAT 【Confusion】 Why is %lastdrv% sometimes correct and sometimes wrong? Why can't it be as accurate as %ramd% (or %ramdrv%) and %cdrom%?

Floor2　Wengier	Posted 2003-11-29 00:00
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This topic was discussed before. It can be easily done with just one or two commands, there's no need to make it this complicated at all.

Floor3　QEYU	Posted 2003-11-30 00:00
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*The following is quoted from Wengier's post on 2003-11-29 21:46:33:* This topic was discussed before. It can be easily done with just one or two commands, there's no need to make it this complicated at all. It does use those two commands, but when put into the Wuyou boot disk, what it finds is the cdrom. During testing, when booting with a floppy disk configuration, what it found was correct. But after burning it, it became wrong.

Floor4　Wengier	Posted 2003-11-30 00:00
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What I mentioned last time wasn't these commands, was it! For example, I don't know where the following command came from, of course it won't work: if not %lastdrv%'==' goto _end if %1'==' goto _end if %1==%cdrom% goto _end if %1==%RAMD% goto _end dready %1 /w Also, all of the commands below can be replaced with the FINDRAMD from the "Super MS-DOS 7.10 Boot Disk", no need to make it this complicated, and it wastes a lot of boot time: set LglDrv=27 * 26 Z 25 Y 24 X 23 W 22 V 21 U 20 T 19 S 18 R 17 Q 16 P 15 set LglDrv=%LglDrv% O 14 N 13 M 12 L 11 K 10 J 9 I 8 H 7 G 6 F 5 E 4 D 3 C call setramd.bat %LglDrv% ...