Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!ira.uka.de!sun1.ruf.uni-freiburg.de!hartnegg From: hartnegg@sun1.ruf.uni-freiburg.de (Klaus Hartnegg) Subject: Re: MSDOS 5 feature? (How to disable... Message-ID: <1991Jun20.124016.2152@sun1.ruf.uni-freiburg.de> Organization: Rechenzentrum der Universitaet Freiburg, Deutschland References: <50690@ut-emx.uucp> Date: Thu, 20 Jun 91 12:40:16 GMT Lines: 17 android@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Andy Wilks) writes: >The volume serial number has been added so dos can handle >an unexpected media change. I only wonder why my disk drive reports every media change :-) What will Dos take more serious: a modified volume serial number or a disk change signal from the floppy? And what will it do with disks formatted using Dos 3.3? I have lots of such disks (a few hundred!!) -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Klaus Hartnegg, Kleist-Str. 7, D-7835 Teningen, Germany | include standard Bitnet : hartnegg@dfrruf1 or hartnegg@cernvm | disclaimer here! Internet : hartnegg@ibm.ruf.uni-freiburg.de |