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From: urlichs@smurf.ira.uka.de (Matthias Urlichs)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: forcing floppy mount
Summary: Get a Standard File dialog from somewhere
Message-ID: <897@smurf.ira.uka.de>
Date: 6 Apr 89 22:41:16 GMT
References: <1306@naucse.UUCP>
Reply-To: urlichs@smurf.ira.uka.de (Matthias Urlichs)
Organization: University of Karlsruhe, FRG
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In comp.sys.mac rrw@naucse.UUCP (Robert Wier) writes:
< 
<  In a couple of communications programs I use (Kermit and Miniterm)
<  occasionally I will need to initalize a new floppy in order to do
<  some file transfers.  However, it seems that both of these program
<  mask off disk-insertion service routines.  [...]
< 
<  Does anyone know of an fkey or da which can be used to force a 
<  floppy disk mount (and initialization if necessary)?
< 
Get a Standard File dialog from somewhere (Save,any DA,...),
insert the empty disk, format it, and close the dialog.

Shouldn't that do it?
(Can't try it out right now, unfortunately; running A/UX 1.0 :-/ )
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