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From: rde@ukc.ac.uk (R.D.Eager)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: number of DOS drives
Message-ID: <2230@eagle.ukc.ac.uk>
Date: Sat, 6-Dec-86 08:44:07 EST
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I  have  been  following  the  discussion  of  how to discover number of
drives, with interest. I may have missed something, and  I  agree  there
are  portability  issues,  but how about using one of the techniques for
looking at the device driver chain (you know, open NUL and grab the link
to the next driver, etc.)?

This  works  even  if  third  party  drives,   20   floppies,   etc. are
fitted. Just count the number of block device drivers...
-- 
           Bob Eager

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