Re: Problems

[ddoms@qni.com (Dennis Doms)]

ddoms@qni.com (Dennis Doms) wrote:

>jeff.brielmaier@yob.com (Jeff Brielmaier)  wrote:

>>Actually, there is a very short ml routine that can be used to determine if a
>>5.25" drive is connected to a disk controller.  Note: You do not have to have
>>a diskette in drive for the routine to work !!!

>>If merged into the P8 kernal, P8 could eliminate non-existant 5.25" drives
>>from the device list.

>Uh, it's been tried (even by Apple). The fact is that various
>combinations of drive controllers and software do not respond reliably
>with the "watch data latch" test those types of routines use. (A _lot_
>may, but the few that don't cause too many problems to depend on that
>test.)

Duh; I mispelled "drive hardware" as "software" above. :)

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