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From: ffdkl@acad3.alaska.edu (LaSota Daniel K)
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Subject: Re: How can I have an HC stack check if it's running from a hard disk?
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Date: 18 Apr 91 01:15:22 GMT
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>  In the startup script, put
> 
>  on openstack
>     if the diskspace < 1200000 then
>        -- either your hard disk is chock full and you need to
>        -- do something else or warn the user of this possibility 
>        answer "This needs to run on a hard disk" with
>           "continue" or "quit"
>      end if
>   end openstack
> 
>Dan Dlugose
>UNC Educational Computing Service
>-- 
>Dan Dlugose
>Internet: dlugose@uncecs.edu
>UNC Educational Computing Service
>Box 12035, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2035
This will not work on certain CD volumes which have zero K free.
Sounds played from the SCSI CD do nicely.

Ant Man!
Dan LaSota
ffdkl@acad3.alaska.edu