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From: joe@lakesys.UUCP (Joe Pantuso)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Mediach() function question
Message-ID: <431@lakesys.UUCP>
Date: 5 Feb 88 05:20:47 GMT
References: <8801292315.AA23295@orville.nas.nasa.gov> <966@atari.UUCP>
Reply-To: joe@lakesys.UUCP (Joe Pantuso)
Organization: Lake Systems, Milwaukee, WI
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>in article <8801292315.AA23295@orville.nas.nasa.gov>, 
>rowley@orville.nas.nasa.GOV (Karl Rowley) says:
>
>> I have a question about the GEMDOS Mediach() function.  My MWC manual says
>> this function can return a 0, 1, or 2, meaning "no", "maybe", or "yes."
>> What situation would cause Mediach() to return "maybe"?
>
This question has brought up the fact that if you swap disks and the new one
has the same serial number as the last the FAT is not reread. So...
Question: Is there a utility available to read and change serial numbers of
disks?  If you have never heard of one do you know the sector where this info
is stored?

Thanks.

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