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From: ford@crash.CTS.COM (Michael Ditto)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: mount vs. 3.5" drives
Message-ID: <1308@crash.CTS.COM>
Date: Tue, 30-Jun-87 12:58:04 EDT
Article-I.D.: crash.1308
Posted: Tue Jun 30 12:58:04 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 2-Jul-87 00:46:19 EDT
References: <384@esunix.UUCP>
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Organization: Crash TS, El Cajon, CA
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Keywords: why

In article <384@esunix.UUCP> blgardne@esunix.UUCP (Blaine Gardner) writes:
>What "magic" is there in the 3.5" drives that allows them to be
>automatically recognized by the system, that the 5.25" drives don't
>have?

The system asks each drive for its 32-bit type-code, and simply ignores
drives that do not reply with the standard 3.25" ID code.  Other drives
are still available through OpenDevice(), but not automatically mounted
by the DOS.
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