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From: mandel@vax.anes.tulane.edu (Jeff E Mandel MD MS)
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Subject: Re: trapping for floppy disk
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Date: 25 Mar 91 14:19:35 GMT
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In article <1CE00001.bcochit@tbomb.ice.com>, time@ice.com (Tim Endres) writes:
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>And won't the driver's Status call { PBStatus(drvStsCode) } give you
>the same information?
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Actually, better. I wrote my code a long time ago, possibly before Inside Mac
V. 5. In any event, calling the disk driver PBControl with csCode 23 seems to
be what you want, as it tells you everything about the physical properties of
the drive. Of course, you still have to look in the VCB to get the driver
reference number. See IM vol. V p470-1.


Jeff E Mandel MD MS
Asst. Professor of Anesthesiology
Tulane University School of Medicine
New Orleans, LA
mandel@vax.anes.tulane.edu