L shared (All shared and group space, including divisions and
research)
M private for sn-its
N nursing (root of nursing volume)
O office or division mapping
P programs (legacy for 3.1 compatibility)
Q programs (for 3.1 compatibility)
R open
S public software (installers subset)
T temp (temporary file sharing space for all users)
U open
V virus
W open
X ms office (NetWare search, win 3.1 compatibility)
Y net bin (NetWare search, win 3.1 compatibility)
Z Public on ITD-PFS1
Why this change was done
We had to remap, i.e. change the letters for each, drive on the server.
The reason for this is that "F" is no longer consistently available for a
network drive. Local drives always get the first letters of the alphabet.
Newer computers are coming out with "huge" hard drives that get divided
into partitions. Other devices such as CDs and zip drives are using the
front part of the alphabet too. So, the letter "J" is now the first
letter that can be consistently used.
Major changes to notice from previous mapping
The biggest change you'll notice is that ***** your F:\ drive has become
your J:\ drive and the G:\ drive has become your K:\ drive. *****
Your O:\ drive remains the same.
We'veimproved the "drop-box" security of the K:\drive. Within each
individual's folder, there will be a folder called "dropbox." Anyone will
be able to see the name, but not the contents, of all files in a drop-box.
This allows the person copying a file into a drop-box ensure the copy was
successful, but prevents anyone else from reading or manipulating the
file. The drop-box is the only public space in secure folders. All other
folders within a folder can only be seen by the folder's owners.
Because we had mapped most letters and were losing flexibility when people
had special projects, we have consolidated some drives (i.e. H, I, K, R,
S, T, W) under a shared drive. **** The L:\ drive is now the main shared
drive containing labeled group folders. You will be able to see only
those folders to which you've been given access.
The current drive S:\ is being moved to a folder in the L:\ drive.
Drive T:\ is now the temporary, shared space which is visible to all. We
will periodically be erasing this space, wholesale. We will give one
week's notice before we do this. Therefore, we recommend that you view it
as very temporary. **** If you need shared space for a period of time,
send a message to sn-its and we will happily create a folder for your
project on the L:\ drive.
