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From: larry@focsys.UUCP (Larry Williamson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,comp.unix.microport
Subject: How to detect a floppy in 386/ix ??
Summary: I don't want to see any messages on the console
Keywords: floppy detect dossette fd(7) ioctl(2)
Message-ID: <355@focsys.UUCP>
Date: 1 Feb 89 18:16:48 GMT
Reply-To: larry@focsys.UUCP (Larry Williamson)
Followup-To: comp.unix.wizards
Organization: Focus Automation Systems, Waterloo, Ontario.
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I need to be able to write to a floppy without having the fd(7)
driver display disk error messages to the console repeatedly until
the operator inserts a floppy.

I must detect the missing floppy, prompt the operator to insert one,
verify they did insert the floppy, then write the data.

I've looked for an ioctl(2) that I can use, but there isn't one that
will do the trick. I tried V_GETPARMS, but it does not detect the
floppy's presence.

The OS is Interactive's 386/ix (1.0.6).

Any other suggestions?

Larry
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Larry Williamson  -- Focus Systems -- Waterloo, Ontario
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